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COMPILATION 

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General Orders, Bulletins, Circulars, and 
General Recruiting Service 

Circular Letters , ^ 

relating to ' - 

RECRUITING 

From October 1, 1918, to September 30, 1919 




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WAR DEPARTMENT, 

Washington, September 30, 1919. 
The following War Department General Orders, Bulletins, Circulars, and 
General Recruiting Service Circular Letters, which already have been pub- 
lished individually and which bear on matters of interest to the Recruiting 
Service at large, have been consolidated and are hereby printed and published 
for the information and guidance of all concerned. 
[341.41, A. G. O.] 

By okdee of the Secketaey of Wae: 



PEYTON C. MARCH, 
General, Chief of Staff. 



Officiai, : 

P. C. HARRIS, 

The Adjutant General. 

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NUMERICAL INDEX. 

Abbbeviations. 



42. 

57 

97, 

109 

112 



G. O General Orders. 

Bui Bulletins. 

Cir Circulars. 

G. R. S General Recruiting Service. 

A. G. O - Adjutant General's Office. 

W. D War Department. 

General Ordees. 



Page. 
9 
9 
10 
10 
11 



Bui. No. 
4 



12. 



Bulletins. 



Page. 
17 
17 
18 



Bui. No. 

16 

30 

33 



Page. 
18 
19 
20 



Circulars. 

YEAR 1918. 



Cir. No. 

77- 

130 

Cir. No. 

4 

5 

6 

11 

16 

23 

30 

34.__. 

35_ 

54_ 

55_ 

57- 

59-__. 
66___. 



Page. 
26 
27 



Cir. No. 
166___. 

174___. 



YEAR 1919. 



Page. 
28 
28 
29 
29 
29 
30 
30 
30 
31 
31 
31 
32 
32 
32 



Cir. No. 

72 

101 

111 

113 

118 

120 

141 

145 

146 

147 

154 

160 

161 

I 165 



34 
35 

36 
37 
38 
38 
39 
39 
40 
40 
41 
42 
43 



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Page. 
43 
43 
43 
44 
44 
45 
45 
45 
46 
46 
46 
47 
47 
48 
48 
48 
49 
50 
51 
51 
51 
51 
52 
52 
53 
53 
55 
55 
56 
56 
56 
56 
56 
57 
57 
57 
57 
58 
58 
58 
59 
59 
59 
59 
59 
60 
61 
61 
61 
62 
62 
62 
62 



Cir. No. Page. 

340 62 

341 63 

343 63 

344 63 

348 63 

355 63 

356 64 

363 64 

364 65 

365 — 65 

367 65 

369 66 

370 66 

373 67 

379 68 

381 68 

382 69 

383 'i'O 

385 71 

386 71 

389 71 

390 72 

391 — 73 

392 73 

396 73 

397 74 

399 74 

401— 75 

403 75 

404 76 

405 76 

406 77 

409 78 

411 78 

412 79 

413 79 

414 79 

415 80 

418 81 

422 81 

426 81 

427 83 

428 83 

429 83 

430 84 

433 84 

434 84 

435 84 

436 85 

440 85 

442 85 

443 85 



G. R. S. CiBCTJLAK Letters. 



Cir. Let. No. 
7 



Page. 



40. 



Cir. Let. No. 

45 

52 

53 

54 

70 

71 

72 

73 



Page. 
90 
90 
91 
91 
91 
92 
92 
93 



Compilation of General Orders, Bulletins, Circulars, and 
General Recruiting Service Circular Letters Relating 
to Recruiting. 

(Oct. 1, 1918, to Sept. 30, 1919.) 



General Orders, No. 42, March 31, 1919. 

The following instructions previously published in certain War Department 
numbered circulars for the month of March, 1919, are published for the in- 
formation and guidance of all concerned : 

II__Assignment of Army serial numbers. — Confirnung and supplementing tele- 
graphic instructions with reference to Army serial numbers, the following is 
published for the information and guidance of all concerned : 

1. In the assignment of Army serial numbers to men enlisted under the act 
of Congress approved February 28, 1919 (Bui. No. 9, W. D., 1919), all new num- 
bers will be above the number 6,000,000, except as herein provided. 

2. The assignment of Army serial numbers and all matters pertaining to 
such assignment will be under the jurisdiction of the department commanders 
for all commands within the territorial limits of their departments, including 
exempted places. 

3. Numbers previously allotted to commands within the territorial limits 
of the departments, including places and organizations exempted from control 
of department commanders, and not assigned to individual soldiers, have been 
recalled, except that department commanders are authorized to retain suffi- 
cient old serial numbers for the purpose of assignment to draft evaders. 

4. Upon reenlistment of men who have had prior service and who have pre- 
viously been assigned numbers during such service the old numbers will be 
reassigned with the letter R prefixed, the letter becoming an integral part of 
the serial number. 

5. Application for blocks of serial numbers will be made by those concerned 
to the department commander having jurisdiction for this purpose. 

6. In order that enlistment papers, reports of physical examination, identi- 
fication records, reports of assignment, and other papers regarding enlisted 
men may be properly connected in the War Department, it is essential that 
the serial number of each enlisted man be entered on all such papers relat- 
ing to the soldier, and in the cases of soldiers reenlisted, to whom old serial 
numbers have been assigned, the prefix R must be shown as a part of the serial 
number. (Cir. No. 144, W. D., 1919—344.1, A. G. O.) 

General Orders, No. 57, April 30, 1919. 

IV__New forms for enlistment paper and physical examination for enlistment 
(Cir. No. 190, W. D., 1919).— New forms for enlistment paper (Form No. 22, 
A. G. O., Mar. 19, 1919) and physical examination for enlistment (Form No. 

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135, A. G. O., Mar. 22, 1919) have been prepared and distributed to tlie service. 
Upon receipt of new forms tliey will be used in lieu of the old forms for all en- 
listments for the Regular Army. (315, A. G. O.) 
(See Cir. 340, W. D., 1919.) 

General Orders, No. 97, July 31, 1919. 

The following instructiors, previously published in certain War Department 
numbered circulars, series of 1919, are published for the information and 
guidance of all concerned : 

I__Reenlistment of noncommissioned officers (Cir. No. 197, W. D., 1919, as 
amended by Cir. No. 344, W. D., 1919). — 1. The attention of all concerned is 
directed to the fact that the provisions of the act of Congress approved March 
30, 1918 (sec. V, Bui. No. 22, W. D., 1918), providing for the restoration to 
their former grades of enlisted men discharged to accept commissions, are not 
repealed by the act of Congress approved February 28, 1919 (sec. II, Bui. No. 9, 
W. D., 1919), providing for the resumption of voluntary enlistments. This 
restoration to former grade will be made in the case of men enlisting for one 
or three years under this act, just as it was when such men were enlisted for 
the emergency, provided that they are eligible for such restoration under the 
act approved March 30, 1918. 

2. Paragraph 274, Army Regulations, is construed as authorizing the con- 
tinuance of the warrant of a noncommissioned officer carried as surplus or 
unassigned prbvided he reenlists on the day following that of his discharge, at 
the place where he was discharged. A noncommissioned officer who reenlists 
or whose warrant is continued under these circumstances should be informed 
that reduction in grade may become necessary, depending upon further legis- 
lation. 

3. Nothing in these instructions will be construed as revoking, suspending, 
or relaxing such regulations and orders as may require examinations for ap- 
pointment to noncommissioned grades in the Regular Army. (342.06, A. G. O.) 

(See Cirs. 166, W. D., 1918; 145, 197, 344, 390, and 413, W. D., 1919.) 

General Orders, No. 109, September 15, 1919. 

IV__E4ncation and recreation of the soldier. — 1. Control and supervision. — 
By direction of the Secretary of War, the direct control and supervision of 
all matters pertaining to the education and recreation of the soldier is vested 
in the Director, War Plans Division, General Staff, who will have associated 
with him a board of civilian educators to advise him on the development of 
educational policies within the Army. He will provide for a proper .system of 
inspection to insure uniformity in this training. 

2. Education. — Education in the Army will serve a twofold purpose : 

a. To train technicians and mechanics to meet the Army's needs, and to raise 
the soldier's general intelligence in order to increase his military efficiency. 

&. To fit the soldier for a definite occupation upon his return to civil life. 

Educational work, within the times allotted in War Department orders, will 
be as regularly schedided as is military training, and it is made the duty of 
all commanders to see that all subordinate officers apply to this new work 
the same high standard of duty heretofore exacted in the purely military 
training. Every possible assistance will be given by the War Department to 
organization, camp, and post commanders in the development of these standards. 
Until further orders, educational training, except for illiterates, wall be volun- 



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tary, but when once enrolled as a student, the soldier will be required to com- 
plete the course undertaken ; and normally an average of three hours a day, 
five days a week, will be devoted to such training. It is not intended in allotting 
a 3-hour daily or 15-hour weekly time to educational work to restrict command- 
ing officers rigidly thereto, but it is intended that in the allotment of time 
for educational work for the year, provision should be made for this propor- 
tion of the time to be devoted to educational work. 

3. Camp activities. — Opportunity for the wise application of the soldier's 
leisure time will be provided. Commanding officers will assume full responsi- 
bility for the contentment and well-being of the soldiers, and be prepared to 
maintain, as far as practicable, the work now being carried on by the several 
civilian welfare agencies within their commands. Camp activities will include 
recreational athletics, music, dramatic entertainment, service clubs, post ex- 
clianges, libraries, and conununity cooperation. Every possible assistance will 
be given commanders in the development of these activities by superior com- 
manders and by the War Department. 

4. Moral training. — Commanding officers will give their support and assist- 
ance to chaplains and all other agencies in the problems of moral training, 
character building, and religious guidance of the soldier. 

5. Education and recreation officer. — In order to carry out the provisions of 
this order, each commanding officer will appoint on his staff an education and 
recreation officer. This officer should have the highest qualifications, and 
rank appropriate to the size of the command. He will be charged with the 
direct control and supervision of all the activities defined in this order and 
will be provided with such assistants, military or civilian, or both, in education, 
camp activities, and moral training (chaplain) as the strength of the command 
requires. Chaplains are not available for assignment as education and recrea- 
tion officers. 

6. Certain activities transferred to War Plans Division. — All functions of 
the Commission on Training Camp Activities and the Committee on Education 
and Special Training are hereby transferred to the War Plans Division, General 
Staff. All orders and instructions in conflict with this order are rescinded. 
(350, A. G. O.) 

General Okdeks, No. 112, September 25, 3919. 

Military education in the Army. — The following instructions will govern mili- 
tary education in the Army : 

1. Supervision and coordination of the military educational system is vested 
in the General Staff. 

2. The system provides for the military education of — 

a. Officers of the Regular Army. 

b. Cadets. 

c. Enlisted men of the Regular Army. 

3. A most important feature in every phase of instruction will be to teach 
students the particular art of how to teach others. Special effort will be made 
in each school toward the development of an efficient system for the accom- 
plishment of this purpose. 

4. It will be the constant aim of all concerned to improve and perfect the 
methods employed. With this end in view, officers of all grades shall be en- 
couraged to submit proposals for improvements in methods or character of in- 
struction, through proper channels, to the War Department. These proposals 
will receive careful consideration by superiors, and their action thereon will be 



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such as to encourage initiative upon tlie part of their subordinates and to 
make certain that no proposals of merit escape recognition. 
5. The system embraces — 
For officers: 

a. Basic courses at special service schools. 

b. Unit schools. 

c. Advanced courses at special service schools. 

d. General service schools. 

For cadets: The United States Military Academy. 
For enlisted men: 

a. Post schools. 

&. Unit schools. 

c. Special service schools. 



6. The object of the school system for officers is to provide systematic and 
progressive courses of instruction and training that will prepare each officer 
to perform the highest duties of conmiand and stafC commensurate with his 
ability. 

UNIT SCHOOLS. 

7. These schools include all schools for officers which are under the direct 
control of territorial or tactical commanders. 

The primary object of these schools is the instruction and training of offi- 
cers of all grades with a view to securing uniform and efficient training of the 
troops or personnel under their respective commands. This requires that in- 
struction at the schools be conducted concurrently with and be definitely and 
closely coordinated with the schedules of training or work of the troops or 
personnel under the student officers. 

The secondary object is to provide such supervised instruction of officers in 
addition to that outlined in the preceding paragraph as may be practicable in 
the different commands and best suited to the needs of the officers thereof. 

8. In general, attendance at these schools will be in addition to the perform- 
ance of their normal duties by the students. Sessions may take the form of a 
conference before or a critique after a drill or exercise and be held either on 
the ground or in an assembly hall. 

If it is deemed expedient special classes may be organized to cover specific 
subjects and the students thereof may be relieved from all or a part of their 
normal duties for this purpose. 

9. Responsibility for and initiative in the development of these schools to 
best increase the war preparedness of the service, including proper supervised 
delegation of this responsibility and initiative to subordinate commanders, is 
intentionally placed in the hands of territorial and independent tactical com- 
manders, subject only to the provisions of paragraph 1 of this order. 

10. For each school a record shall be kept showing for each school day the 
attendance by name of each instructor -and student, the period of instruction, 
and nature thereof. As a general principle, the instruction should follow the 
applicatory system. 

11. Territorial and independent tactical commanders will forward to The 
Adjutant General of the Army (attention Training and Instruction Branch, 
War Plans Division, General Staft) copies of all orders or instructions issued 
by them providing for the conduct and inspection of these schools. 



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SPECIAL SERVICE SCHOOLS. 

12. Special service scliools sliall be maintaiuecl for each arm or service, as 
follows : 

a. The Infantry. 
6. The Cavalry. 

c. The Field Artillery, 

d. The Coast Artillery. 

e. The Engineer Corps. 

f. The Signal Corps. 

g. The Air Service. 
h. The Tank Corps. 

i. The Ordnance Department. 

;. The Medical Department. 

k. The Motor Transport Corps. 

I. Such other special service schools as may be hereafter authorized. 

13. These schools shall be under the direct supervision and control of the 
chiefs of the respective arms or services having chiefs, subject to the provisions 
of paragraph 1 of this order. For the arms not having chiefs, direct super- 
vision and control will be exercised by the Chief of Staff. 

14. The object of the courses for officers at these schools is to develop and 
standardize the instruction and training of officers in the technique and tactics 
of their respective arm or service. 

15. The complete system of courses for officers at the special service schools 
of any arm or service shall be of such scope as will completely fit the graduates 
thereof for the performance of all duties that devolve upon officers of the 
respective arm or service as such, excepting only such broader phases of 
instruction involving all arms and services as may be best given at the general 
service schools later provided for in this order. 

16. Basic courses. — In the Special Service Schools of each arm or service 
to which officers are assigned or detailed upon their initial entry as such in 
the Regular Army there will be provided a basic course of not over one year's 
duration which such officers shall be required to attend before being assigned 
to any duty interfering with such attendance except in times of emergency. 

These courses have for their object to so qualify all officers upon Initial 
entry into the service that they may function intelligently on being assigned 
to duty with their arm or service. Each basic course shall include the follow- 
ing subjects : Administration, military courtesy, customs of the service, interior 
guard duty, military law. military sketcliing and map reading, military hygiene 
and first aid, equitation, hippology, nomenclature and use of the pistol, saber 
manual, so much of Field Service Regulations and Rules of Land Warfare 
as is necessary for officers of junior grades, training methods and principles 
of teaching, and such tactical and technical training in the particular arm as 
may be necessary. 

17. Advanced courses. — At the Special Service Schools of each arm and 
service there shall be such advance courses as are best adapted to carry out 
the policy enunciated in paragraph 15 of this order. 

18. Special regulations governing these schools for each arm and service shall 
be submitted to the Chief of Staff, and after approval by the Secretary of War 
shall be promulgated by the War Department. 

19. In so far as the exigencies of the service permit, an officer, upon comple- 
tion of a course at a Special Service School, shall not be considered as available 



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for detached service until he shall have served at least one year with his arm 
or service. The object of this provision is — 

a. To enable the officer to apply practically what he has learned at the 

school, thus continuing his education along these lines, 
ft. To enable the arm or service to immediately obtain the full benefits of 
the latest doctrines and methods of instruction developed at its Special 
Service School. 

GENERAL SERVICE SCHOOLS. 

20. These schools shall be under the direct supervision and control of the 
Chief of Staff of the Army and shall consist of— 

a. The School of the Line. 

6. The General Staff School, 
c. The General Staff College. 
The School of the Line and the General Staff School shall be at the same 
place and under the same commandant. 

21. The course at the General Service Schools contemplates four years, as 
follows : 

o. First year— School of the Line. 

b. Second year— General Staff School. 

c. Third year — Duty with troops of arms other than those with which the 

student has previously served. 

d. Fourth year — General Staff College. 

As far as the interests of the service permit, the four years shall be con- 
secutive. In any case, after the school system is fully functioning, no officer 
shall be detailed to attend the full course at the General Staff School until he 
has satisfactorily completed the full course at the School of the Line, and no 
officer shall be detailed to attend the full course at the General Staff College 
until he has satisfactorily completed the full course at the General Staff School. 

22. The School of the Line. — The object of this school is to train officers 
(a) in the combined use of all arms and services functioning with a division, 
including the functioning of corps and Army troops and services in their rela- 
tion to the division, in accordance with a uniform doctrine approved by the 
War Department; and (&) in the duties and responsibilities of field officers 
with regard to education and training in the Army. 

23. The General Staff School. — The object of this school is to train selected 
officers for duty as General Staff officers with tactical units and for higher 
tactical command in accordance with the doctrine and methods approved by the 
War Department. In addition, it will conduct such special courses for general 
officers and selected officers of the technical and administrative services as may 
be prescribed, with a view of insuring harmonious cooperation throughout the 
service. 

24. The General Staff College.— The object of this institution is to train 
selected officers for duty in the War Department General Staff and for high 
command in accordance with the doctrine and methods approved by the War 
Department. In addition, it will conduct such special courses for general 
officers and selected officers of the technical and administrative services as may 
be prescribed, with a view of insuring harmonious cooperation throughout the 
service. 

25. Special regulations governing the General Service Schools will be promul- 
gated by the War Department. 



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Cadets. 

26. The education and training of cadets sliall be conducted at tlie United 
States Military Academy as provided by law and the regulations governing 
the academy. 

The primary object of the academy is — 

To so develop the pov^'ers of analysis that the mind may reason to a 

logical conclusion ; 
To instill discipline and a high sense of honor; 

To bring its graduates to the threshold of their profession properly 
equipped to pursue its study. 

Enlisted Men. 
post schools. 

27. The object of these schools is to give general educational and vocational 
training to enlisted men. These schools shall be established and maintained 
as provided in orders and regulations promulgated by the War Department. 

UNIT SCHOOLS. 

28. The object of these schools is — 

To prepare noncommissioned officers, selected privates, and enlisted spe- 
cialists to carry out efficiently the schedule of training or work in 
progress ; 

To insure proper uniformity and coordination in the training or work of 
diffei'ent elements of the same command ; 

To provide such additional technical and tactical instruction for the 
foregoing enlisted men as may be practicable and best suited to their 
respective needs. 
The provisions of paragraphs 8, 9, 10, and 11 of this order shall apply to 
these schools. 

SPECIAL SERVICE SCHOOLS. 

29. These schools for enlisted men shall be the same as those prescribed in 
paragraph 12 of this order. 

30. Courses will be established at these schools having for their object — 
To train selected noncommissioned officers in the duties of junior officers 

of their respective arm or service; 
To give special training to selected enlisted men in the duties of non- 
commissioned officers and enlisted specialists of their respective arm 
or service. 

General Regulations. 
Applying to all special service schools and to the general service schools. 
personnel. 

31. The personnel shall consist of the commandant ; his personal aids, if any ; 
the staff ; such students as may be detailed or required to pursue the course of 
instruction ; and such school detachments and school troops as may be author- 
ized. 

The personnel shall, in general, be exempt from all duties which would 
interfere with the performance of their functions in connection with these 
schools. 

commandant. 

32. In each school or group of schools at the same place there will be but 
one commandant, who will be an officer especially selected by the War De- 



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partment for the duty. He will command the school or schools and all troops 
at the place or reservation where the school or schools are located, unless 
such command is otherwise specifically restricted by the War Department. 

He will make application for the detail or assignment of such suitable offi- 
cers and enlisted men as may be necessary and shall assign them to specific 
duties. 

He will be responsible for all matters of instruction in the school or schools 
and will see that all programs of insti-uction are properly coordinated. He 
will make requisition for articles and equipment of all kinds that may be 
needed and will order the expenditure of authorized quantities for carry- 
ing out the purpose of the school or schools. Appropriations for the support 
of the school or schools will be disbursed on vouchers approved by him. He 
will prepare an annual estimate for funds which may be needed by the school 
for the ensuing year, forwarding the same to The Adjutant General of the 
Army. 

At the termination of each school term the commandant will submit a report 
on the operations of the school or group of schools for that period to The 
Adjutant General of the Army. This report will include the names of officers 
and enlisted men who have satisfactorily completed any course during the 
period and such suggestions and recommendations as he may deem desirable for 
the interests of the school. 

THE STAFF. 

33. The staff shall consist of all officers not students on duty with each school 
or group of schools in connection with the administration and instruction. 

SCHOOL DETACHMENT. 

34. The school detachment will consist of such officers, enlisted men, and 
civilians as may be authorized by the War Department. Its members will 
assist in the instruction, administration, and maintenance of the school ; per- 
form the skilled labor thereat; and exercise such other functions as may be 
assigned to them by the commandant. 

SCHOOL TROOPS. 

35. The school troops will consist of such regular organizations as may be 
assigned for duty in connection with the school. They will perform such train- 
ing, demonstrations, guard, fatigue, and administrative duties as may be 
assigned them by the commandant. 

Unless deemed necessary by the commandant, they will not be required to 
comply with the annual training program for their arm or service. 

STUDENTS. 

36. Selection and attendance of students for each school will be in accord- 
ance with the special regulations for that school. 

No officer will be detailed as a student to any school when such detail will 
operate to detach him from duty with an organization of his arm or service, 
unless he be eligible for detached service during the entire period of the course 
which he is ordered to attend. 

Each student who satisfactorily completes the course in any school and is 
declared proficient will be issued a certificate of proficiency covering all sub- 
jects completed by him during the course. Students who have been unable 
to complete the entire course will receive certificates of proficiency in such sub- 
jects as they have completed satisfactorily. 



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If at any time any student officer shall be deemed unfitted for any reason to 
•continue the course, recommendation for his immediate relief from the school, 
accompanied by a statement of all facts relating thereto, shall be forwarded to 
the War Department by the commandant. 

If at any time any student enlisted man shall be deemed unfitted for any 
reason to continue the course, the commandant shall immediately order him 
to rejoin his organization and shall report the facts relating thereto to his 
commanding officer through The Adjutant General of the Army. 

Officees and Enlisted Men of Fokces Other Than the Regular Army 
Altthorized by the Federal Go\"eenment. 

37. In addition to such special provisions as shall be made by the Federal 
•Government for the education and training of officers and enlisted men of 
forces other than the Regular Army authorized by the Federal Government, the 
school system herein provided for the Regular Army shall be used for this 
purpose to the greatest possible extent consistent with the laws of Congress 
-and the needs of the Regular Army. 

Students at Civil Institutions. 

38. In addition to such special provisions as may be made by the War De- 
partment under the laws of Congress for the military education and training 
of students at civil institutions, the school system herein provided for the 

Regular Army shall be used for this purpose to the greatest possible extent 
■consistent with the laws of Congress and the needs of the Regular Army. 

(350, A. G. O.) 

Bulletin No. 4, January 31, 1919. 

IV__Or(ier of precedence of noncommissioned officers who reenlist within three 
months after being discharged as commissioned officers. — In connection with Cir- 
cular No. 130, War Department, 1918, any former noncommissioned officer who 
was discharged to accept a commission in the United States Army, and who 
Teenlists within three months from the date of his discharge as a commissioned 
officer, will be restored to the grade held by him at the time of discharge to 
accept such commis.sion, with his order of precedence fixed by the date of his 
warrant in force at the time of such discharge. 

It is intended to restore the man to the original grade held by him. The 
simplest procedure will be to indorse and continue his original warrant. (Cir. 
l^o. 51, W. D., 1919—201, A. G. O.) 

(See Cir. 130, W. D., 1918.) 

Bulletin No. 9, March 3, 1919. 

II__Act of Congress — Enlistments and reenlistments in the Regular Army. — 
The following act of Congress is published to the Army for the information 
and guidance of all concerned : 

An Act To authorize the resumption of voluntary enlistment in the Regular Army, and 
for other purposes. 

Be it enacted hi/ the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of sections seven and 
fourteen of the act entitled " An act to authorize the President to increase tem- 
porarily the Military Establishment of the United States," approved May eight- 
eenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, as impose restrictions upon enlistments 
in the Regular Army, are hereby repealed in so far as they apply to enlistments 

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and reenlistments in the Regular Army after the date of approval of this act : 
Provided, That from and after the approval of this act one-third of the enlist- 
ments in the Regular Army of the United States shall be for a period of one 
year, and the remaining two-thirds thereof shall be for the period of three 
years. Any person enlisting under the provisions of this act shall not b^ 
required to serve with the reserves. The pay of the men enlisted hereunder 
shall be the same as that provided by the act entitled "An act to authorize 
the President to increase temporarily the Military Establishment of the United 
States," approved May 18, 1917: Provided further, That after the expiration 
of one year those enlisting for the period of three years may be discharged in 
the discretion of the Secretary of War under such rules and regulations as 
may be prescribed by him after one year of service. 

Approved, February 28, 1919. 

(See Cirs. 154, 197, and 201, W. D., 1919.) 

Bulletin No. 12, March 31, 1919. 

III__Pay of corporal bugler and bugler, first class. — Under date of February 
20, 1919, the Comptroller of the Treasury decided that a corporal bugler is 
entitled to the same rate of pay as a corporal of that branch of the sei-vice to 
which assigned, and a bugler, first class, to the same rate of pay now provided 
for a private, first class. 

The grades of corporal bugler and bugler, first class, were established by 
the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918 (Bui. No. 43, W. D., 1918), and any 
enlisted men who have held or now hold these grades and who have been paid 
a lower rate of pay than that authorized by the decision of the comptroller 
are entitled to the difference in pay due them. 

This difference in pay will be credited the men on next pay rolls or on final 
pay rolls or final statements if sooner discharged. (Cir. No. 122, W. D., 1919 — 
242.1, A. G. O.) 

Bulletin No. 16, Apeil 30, 1919. 

I__Shoe fitting at recruiting depots (Cir. No. 179, W. D., 1919).— 1. The allow- 
ance of Resco foot-measuring and shoe-fitting outfits to recruiting depots where 
shoes are issued is one complete outfit to each unit corresponding to a battalion 
or portion thereof. 

2. As soon as Resco shoe-fitting outfits shall have been furnished shoes will 
be fitted on all recruits under the direct supervision of an officer strictly as 
prescribed in paragraph 14, Special Regulations No, 28, War Department, 1917,. 
as changed. (421.8, A. G. O.) 

II__Designation of beneficiary under act of May 11, 1908 (Cir. No. 180, W. D., 
1919).— The form for designation of beneficiary under the act of May 11, 1908- 
(Form No. 380, A. G. O.), is no longer required and will not be prepared. 

Paragraph 1385, Army Regulations, requiring that officers when first appoint- 
ed and recruits at time of enlistment make a designation of beneficiary, was 
rescinded by Changes No. 67, January 31, 1918. (247.2, A. G. O.) 

VIII— Qualification pay (Cir. No. 202, W. D., 1919).— The provisions of para- 
graphs 1343, 1344, 13441, and 1345, Army Regulations, as changed, relating to> 
qualification pay upon reenlistment, will apply to all enlisted men who have 
been discharged to accept a comnfission in the Army, who have served continu- 
ously as an officer since such discharge, and who have been discharged as an 
officer and have reenlisted within three months from the date of such discharge- 
as an officer. (242.142, A. G. O.) 



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BuLi.KTiN No. 30, Septembek 6, 1919. 

Detail of noncommissioned officers and other enlisted men for duty at educa- 
tional institutions. — The following instructions relative to the detail of non- 
commissioned officers and other enlisted men for duty at educational institu- 
tions are published for the information and guidance of all concerned : 

The detail of enlisted men for duty at educational institutions under the pro- 
visions of sections 46 and 56 of the act of Congress approved June 3, 1916 
(Bui. No. 16, W. D., 1916), is authorized as indicated in the following tables: 
Provided that the total number of active noncommissioned officers for duty with 
special units of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps shall not exceed 45 for 
Cavalry, 90 for Field Artillery, 70 for Coast Artillery, 40 for Engineers, 30 for 
the Motor Transport Corps, 15 f(U- the Signal Corps, and 1 per unit of Medical 
Corps. 

Noncommissioned officers detailed under the provisions of section 56, as indi- 
cated in Table I, shall not be additional in their respective grades to those au- 
thorized for the Army. 

Noncommissioned officers detailed for duty with units of the Reserve Officers' 
Training Corps, as indicated in Tables II and III, are additional in their re- 
si^ective grades to those authorized for the Army, but the total number so de- 
tailed shall not exceed 500. Other enlisted men so detailed shall not be addi- 
tional in their respective grades to those authorized for the Army. 

Table I. 

Number and grad'.^s of enlisted men authorized for duty at high schools and 
<»ther institutions having militai'y training under section 56, act of Congress 
approved June 3, 1916 (Bui. No. 16, W. D., 1916) : 

Institutions having 100 to 400 students, 1 noncommissioned officer, sergeant- 
Institutions having over 400 students, 2 noncommissioned officers, sergeants. 
Institutions having over 700 students, 4 noncommissioned officers, sergeants. 
Institutions having 1,500 students, 6 noncommissioned officers, sergeants. 
Institutions having 2,250 students, 8 noncommissioned officers, sergeants. 
Add 2 sergeants for each 750 enrollment thereafter. 

Table II. 

Number and grades of enlisted men auth(jrized for duty at educational insti- 
tutions having Reserve Officers' Training Corps : 

For 100 students, 1 noncommissioned officer, sergeant. 

For 200 students, 2 noncommissioned officers, sergeants. 

For 300 students, 3 noncommissioned ofhcers — 1 first sergeant, 2 sergeautis. 

For 500 students, 4 noncommissioned otficers — 1 battalion sergeant major, 
1 supply sergeant, 2 sergeants. 

For 750 students, 5 noncommissioned officers — 1 battalion sergeant major, 
1 supply sergeant, 3 sergeants. 

P^or 1,000 students, 6 noncommissioned officers — 1 regimental sergeant major, 
1 battalion sergeant major, 1 supply sergeant, 3 sergeants. 

For 1,250 students, 7 noncommissioned officers — 1 regimental sergeant major, 

1 battalion sergeant major, 1 supply sei-geant, 4 sergeants. 

For 1,500 students, 8 noncommissioned officers — 1 regimental sergeant major, 

2 battalion sergeants major, 1 supply sergeant, 4 sergeants. 

For 1,750 students, 9 noncommissioned officers — 1 regimental sergeant major, 

2 battalion sergeants major, 1 supply sergeant, 5 sergeants. 

For 2,000 students, 10 noncommissioned officers — 1 regimental sergeant major, 

3 battalion sergeants major, 1 supply sergeant, 5 sergeants. 



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TA1U.E III. 

Detachment*, of enlisted men iuithorized for duty with siteciiil units of the 
Reserve Officers" Training Corps : 

Cavalry — 1 first sergeant, 1 stable sergeant, 1 sergeant, 1 horseshoer, 1 
saddler, 1 private for every 3 horses (60 liorses is the maximum for any one 
institution). 

Field Artillery — 1 first sergeant, 1 sui)')ly sergeant, 1 stable sergeant, 1 ser- 
geant, 1 horseshoer, 1 saddler, 2 mechanics. 1 private for ever>- 8 horses (90 
horses is the maximum for any one institution). 

Coast Artillery — 1 sergeant major ; 1 sergeant, motor mechanic ; 1 sergeant, 
general mechanic ; 1 sergeant assistant in gunnery. 

Signal Corps — 1 master signal electrician, 1 sergeant, first class. 

Ordnance — None. 

Motor Transport Corps — 1 .sergeant, first class, truck master; 1 sergejint 
mechanic ; 1 private. 

Medical Department — 1 sergeant, first class. 

Engineer Corps — 1 master engineer, 1 sergeant, first class. 

The noncommissioned ofiicers detailed for duty at all educational institutictns 
will be of excellent character, soldierly appearance, sober, dependable, and 
capable instructors in the basic training of a soldier. They will have not less 
than one year's service, at least a grammar-school education, and some clerical 
ability. 

In allotting nonconnuissioned officers to educational institutions having Re- 
serve Officers' Training Corps units, preference will be given to those maintain- 
ing units of the senior division in case the total number required exceeds the 
number authorized by law. 

All noncommissioned officers now on duty at educational institutions in ex- 
cess of the ratio indicated in the above tables will be immediately withdrawn. 
(220.64, A. G. O.) 

Bulletin No. 33, September 30, 1919. 

The following instructions and information, previously published in cei-tain 
"War Department numbered circulars for the month of September, 1919, are 
published for the information and guidance of all concerned: 

IV-_Enlistment of men under eighteen years of age— Certain information to be 
given to all applicants for enlistment (Cir. No. 433, W. D., 1919). — 1. Recruiting 
officers and commanding ofiicers of posts, camps, and stations at which recruit- 
ing is authorized will exercise greater care in ascertaining that men are at 
least eighteen years of age before accepting them for enlistment. This is es- 
sential not only in justice to the individual and his parents, but for the reputa- 
tion of the military service and for its actual efficiency. 

2. Care will be taken to make clear to all applicants for enlistment that, while 
the \Yar Department will send men enlisting for special assignment under 
exi.sting authority to the place for which enlisted, all should thoroughly under- 
stand that they will be available at any time for transfer to any place to which 
United States troops may be sent. (342.18, A. G. O.) 

V__Educational and vocational training (Cir. No. 440, W. D., 1919).— 1. Edu- 
cational and vocational training is daily becoming of more importance in the 
service. Such training is not only of benefit to the individual and to the 
country at large but is of equally direct value to the military service. Its 
furtherance will be given the careful attention of all commanding officers. 

2. The general policy necessarily includes giving, so far as possible thi-ough- 
out the entire service, adequate and immediate opportunity for the educational 
and vocational training of such men as desire it. It also includes the develop- 



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luent of a practical sy.stem of ci.ordiuatea educational and vocational training 
that will fit men for effective military service and for success in civil life. 

At each place where training is carried on the first year's work must be prac- 
tical in so far as concerns direct results and present personnel, and creative 
and experimental in so far as concerns the methods followed, standards of 
training, and programs of instruction. The main factors in making the year's 
work successful must continue to be the initiative, resourcefulness, and good 
Judgment of commanding officers and of education and recreation officers and 
their assistants and the utilization to the best advantage of the Army's own 
resources in personnel, equipment, and material. 

3. The daily duties and regular equipment of the technical services are such 
as to render it less difficult for them than for the line to teach a large number 
of vocations of value not only to the service but also to the individual. The 
troops of the line at present have infinitely fewer opportunities. They will be 
given especial consideration in this matter from all concerned. 

4. An appropriation of $2,000,000 was made by Congress for vocational train- 
ing during the fiscal year ending .Tune 30. 1920. One-half of this appropriation 
has been allotted as follows: 

Northeastern Department (for use of troops not included in North 

Atlantic Coast Artillery District) .$7,500 

Eastern Department (for use of troops not included in North Atlan- 
tic Coast Artillery District) 40.000 

Southeastern Department (for use of troops not included in South 

Atlantic Coast Artillery District) 7,500 

Central Department 1-5' ^^ 

Southern Department 200, 000 

Western Department (for use of troops not included in North Pacific 

Coast Artillery District or South Pacific Coast Artillery District)- S'^, 000 

Hawaiian Department 4.5, 000 

Philippine Department 6*^' ^^ 



Panama Canal Department 



40,000 



450, 000 
North Atlantic, Middle Atlantic, South Atlantic, North Pacific, and 

South Pacific Coast Artillery Districts, a total of 50,000 

Army of Occupation (Germany) 20,000 

7 divisional camps, at $40,000 each 280, 000 

10 divisional camps, at $10,000 each 100, 000 

Air Service -■ •"*' ^^ 

Motor Transport Corps, Ordnance Department, Quartermaster Corps, 

Signal Corps, Medical Depai-tment, Tank Corps, at $5,000 each 30, 000 

Fort Monroe, Va. (Coast Artillery training center) 10,000 

Camp Humphreys, Va. (Engineer training center) 5,000 

Fort Leavenw^orth, Ivans ^' 000 

Fort Riley, Kans. (Cavalry training center) 10,000 

Camp Benning, Ga. (Infantry training center)--- 10,000 

Fort Oglethorpe, Ga o, 000 

Field Artifiery training centers at Fort Sill, Okla. ; Camp Bragg, 

N. C. ; and Camp Knox, Ky.. a total of l-^- 000 

Pacific Branch, United States Disciplinary Barracks, Alcatraz, Calif- 2, 000 

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, Kans 2, 000 

Atlantic Branch. United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Jay, 

>^ Y ^' 000 



Total 



1, 000; 000 



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Tlie rt'iiiainder of the funds appropriated will be allotted as soon as titi^ 
needs of the service have been more definitely determined. 

5. Arrangements are now being made to transfer from the surplus eciuip- 
ment of the Army to each divisional camp, each territorial department, an' I 
each training center of the line such tools, apparatus, machinery, and supplies 
as may be needed and available for training purposes. A large number of 
textbooks, lately used in France in the A. E. F. schools, have been ordered 
returned to this country, and upon arrival will be distributed. Lists of tlie 
textbooks required in teaching various vocations are also being prepared. A 
-complete reference library will be provided by the American Library Ass(»- 
•ciation for each divisional camp and possibly at other centers as well. The 

funds allotted should be used mainly in purchasing needed equipment not ob- 
tainable on requisition from the supply services and in employing instructors 
^.l! cases where qualified instructors are neither available among the military 
personnel nor obtainable otherwise without cost to the United States. Garri- 
sons throughout the United States are generally so reduced in strength that, 
except on the border, suitable buildings are generally either available for scIkmM 
purposes or can be made available. 

6. In addition to such special courses as may be given at the various train- 
ing centers and in the special arms and services, the following courses will 
eventually be taught very generally throughout the service : 

VOCATIONAL TRAINING. 

4. Textile department : 



1. Automotive department: 

* Auto and truck repair man. 

* Tractor repair man. 

* Motor-cycle repair man. 

* Auto driver. 

* Truck driver. 

* Tractor driver. 

* Motor-cycle driver. 

* Storage-battery specialist. 

* Tire repairer and vulcanizer, 

* Wheelwright ( automotive ) . 

2. Electrical department : 

* Radio specialist. 

* Lineman. 

* Radio operator. 

* Telegi-aph operator. 

* Telephone operator. 

* Switchboard operator. 

* Telephone electrician. 

* Telegraph electrician. 
(Power lineman.) 

< Interior wiremau.) 
< Factory electrician.) 

3. Building department : 

* Carpenter. 

* Concrete worker. 

* Painter. 

< Structural worker.) 
(Cabinetmaker.) 
< Pattern maker. ) 
(Stonemason.) 
(Brick mason.) 



* Canvas worker. 

* Tailor. 
Cordage worker. 

5. Food department: 

* INIess sergeant. 

* Butcher. 

* Baker. 

* Meat cutter. 

* Cook. 

6. Animal transportation : 

* Horseshoer. 

* Stable management. 

* Cargador and pack master. 

* Farrier. 

* Stable boss. 

* Teamster. 

* Wagon master. 

7. Metal department : 

* Blacksmith. 

* Plumber. 

* Pipe fitter. 

( Sheet-metal worker. ) 
Wilder. 

8. Printing department: 

Printer. 

* Photographer. 
Lithographer. 

9. Medical department : 

* Pharmacist. 

* Nurse. 

* Surgical attendant. 



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9. Medical department — Continued. 14. 

Dental assistant. 
X-ray worker. 
Biologist. 
(Embalmer.) 

10. Highway construction and topog- 

raphy : 15. 

* Surveyor. 

* Mapping. 

* Topographer. 

* Highways and bridges. 16. 

* Draftsman, topographic. 

11. Power department: 

Dynamo tender. 
Gas-engine worker. 
Oil-engine worker. 
Steam-engine worker. 
Refrigeration worker. 
Fireman. 

12. Music department: 

* Musicians. 

13. Leather departipent : 

* Shoemaker. 

* Saddler and harness maker, 17. 
Leather worker. 

14. Machine department: 

Instrument repairer. 
Mechanic, general. 

* Mechanic, machine gun. 

* Mechanic, gunsmith. 
( Machine designer. ) 

* Draftsman, mechanical. 

Note. — Courses marked * are considered 
theses are those which are considered leas 



Machine department — Continued. 

Free-hand sketching (machine). 

(Foundry men.) 

(General machinist.) 

(Toolmaker.) 

(Pattern maker.) 
Miscellaneous department : 

* Laundryman. 
Moving-picture operator. 

* Wheelwright (wagon). 
Business department : 

* Clerk, pay-roll. 

* Stenographer. 

* Storekeeper. 
Statistician. 

* Typist. 
Bookkeepei". 

* Clerk, general. 
(Clerk, production.) 
(Purchasing agent.) 
(Business administration.) 
(Advertising.) 
(Salesmanship.) 

Agriculture : 

* Truck gardening. 

* Horticulture. 

* Agronomy. 

* Farm mechanics. 

* Farm economics. 

* Economic entomology and zool- 

ogy. 

* Animal husbandry. 

most essential. Courses in paren- 
t essential. 



EDUCATIONAL TRATNTXi 



* Advanced courses : 
Mathematics. 
General history. 
Modern languages. 
Economics. 
Sciences. 



1. * Basic courses : 
Penmanship. 
English. 
Arithmetic. 
Spelling. 
Geography. 
United States history. 
Civics. 
Elementary science. 

Note. — Courses in subjects named above and in other subjects of general 
-education will be developed so far as practicable at all posts and stations. 

7. On account of shortage of funds, instructors, and special equipment, as 
well as of military personnel, it is at present impracti<'al)le to open at any 
one camp or post satisfactory courses in all of the subjects named in paragraph 
•G. Each commanding officer will, however, open or cr-ntinue such of the 
•com-ses as it is practicable to teach at pre 'cnt, and sik'.i otiior useful courses' 



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as it may be practicable to carry ou witli the training facilities already existing; 
or which can be obtained. The desires of the enlisted men as to courses should 
be given full consideration and every elTort made to meet reasonable requests. 

All educational and vocational training at any camp or post must be under 
the entire control of the commanding officer irrespective as to how much as- 
sistance is or has been received from welfare organizations or other civil in- 
stitutions. Eventually all civilians employed as educators or for camp activities 
will be paid for by the Army within the limit of funds available. 

Courses in educational and vocational training should be coordinated. Each 
man taking vocational training should be encouraged to take also a related 
educational course and should be helped to make a proper choice. The de- 
velopment of suitable courses tending toward raising the general education, 
of the soldier will be given special attention. 

Each man who successfully completes a course will be given a certificate by 
the local commanding officer or school officer, indicating that he has " satis- 
factorily completed a course in at ." A standard War Depart- 
ment certificate will not be adopted for general use throughout the service- 
until such time as it will represent, for each vocation, a certain definite degree 
of proficiency, uniform throughout the entire service and fully meeting the 
requirements of civil life as well as of the Army. The standards adopted 
will be such that a discharged soldier, character " excellent," with a War De- 
partment certificate showing that he has qualified, for instance, as a " carpen- 
ter," will need, when seeking civil employment as a carpenter, no further 
proof either of character or of proficiency. Similarly, War Department cer- 
tificates covering educational subjects will, it is expected, be accepted by civil 
educational institutions as evidence of proficiency in such subjects. 

8. The divisional camps are the places where the greatest variety of courses, 
can successfully be taught. It is intended that eventually all courses listed irk 
paragraph 6 will be taught at each such camp. Training programs will be- 
framed on the basis of such ultimate extension. At each divisional camp, !» 
addition to providing instruction in as many as possible of the nineteen depart- 
ments named in paragraph 6, one or more of these departments will be desig- 
nated by the War Department as the camp's special field of experiment, with a 
view to working out for such departments courses and standards that may 
serve as models for the entire service. Civilian technical and educational ex- 
perts have been employed by the War Department to assist in this experimentat 
and constructive work. These experts will be sent to camps to study the 
educational work, and on request of commanding officei's. will be assigned a» 
much as is possible to camps to cooperate in the development of courses and 
methods of instruction. Preference in the assignment of experts will be givea 
at present to the camps at which divisions are now stationed. 

In addition to developing to an especially high degree the training in the- 
particular department or courses in which the camp specializes, as above, the 
matter of training instructors in each such specialized course will be considered. 
It is intended that eventually the greater part, if not all, of the instructors 
needed throughout the service will be graduates of the special courses given 
at selected divisional camps, training centers of the line, and schools and shops 
of the technical service. 

All chiefs of services will be called upon to cooperate in determining the 
necessary standards of training in courses which pertain to tlieir respective 
services, in developing satisfactory methods of instruction in allied courses, and 
in furnishing instructors for the Army at large. The departments or courses 
that will be specialized in by the- various services or at the various camps or 



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trainiDg centers can uot be definitely determined until later. 'J'lie cooperation 
of all concerned will be necessary in determining the standanls that must be 
reached in order to meet the demands both of the Army and of civil life. 

Lists for general distribution are being prepared in the War Department, 
with the help of civilian technical experts, of the equipment necessary to 
carry on the instruction of a group of twenty men in eacli of the vocations 
listed in paragraph 6, also an estimate of the number of such sets of equipment 
that will eventually be needed at each divisional camp. So far as this equip- 
ment is available it will be shipped to such camps without reciuisition. Ar- 
rangements are also being made to supply the eventual needs of the territorial 
departments in the Uiuted States and overseas as well as training centers of 
the line and posts not under the control of department commanders or chiefs, 
of services. 

In order to meet immediate and pressing needs of equipment for vocational 
training, and in order to avoid purchasing equipment or supplies that it may 
be possible to obtain from the supply departments, commanding officers are 
authorized to requisition same directly frijiu the supply departments and serv- 
ices concerned. Post, camp, and zone supply officers and local Motor Transport 
Corps officers will fill such requisitions if the material and equipment asked 
for is locally on hand and can be spared, otherwise they will forward them to 
the proper chief of service or supply department, who will arrange to supply 
equipment and material if on hand and available. In order to avoid waste of 
equipment, care will be taken to ask only for such equipment as is urgently 
needed for immediate use in courses suited to the actual gai-rison and of a 
nature such as will probably cause the courses to become standard at the par- 
ticular camp or post. Chiefs of services and all supply departments will co- 
operate in making available all such equii)ment and supplies as are needed and 
can be spared. 

9. The commanding general of each territorial department in the United 
States and overseas, and the commanding general of the United States forces 
in Germany will have educational and vocational training carried on so far as 
practicable at all posts under their respective conunands (including the Coast 
Artillery districts in the case of all department commanders) in accordance 
with the general principles stated in paragraph 7. 

The fact is recognized that it is impracticable to establish courses in a wide 
range of subjects at small posts, most of which, particularly in the United 
States, have but a small fraction of their normal strength ; but even in such 
cases it will be possible by utilizing existing facilities to give practical instruc- 
tion in a number of useful vocations as well as, particularly in permanent pre- 
war posts, to meet the reasonable desires of the men for educational training. 
The oversea departments have their special problems, as do the troops serving 
along the border, in Alaska and in Germany. 

10. The Chief of Coast Artillery, the Chief of Field Artillery, the Chief of 
Engineers, and the commanding officers at Fort Riley and Camp Benning will 
institute at their respective training centers courses in those vocations which 
are of special value to their respective arms. Such other courses, particularly 
in educational training, will be given as may be practicable and desirable. 
Wherever the facilities and personnel are available or can be obtained, the 
chiefs of arms and commanding officers will cooperate with the War Depart- 
ment in determining the standards of proficiency to be attained ami in develop- 
ing courses for training instructors. 

11. The Chief of Air Service, Chief of Motor Transport Corps, Chief of Ord- 
nance, Chief Signal Officer, Quartermaster General (Director of Purchase and 
Storage), Chief of Transportation, Chief of Construction Division, Director 



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of Finance, Chief of Tank Corps, ami Surgeon General will Cdntinue to develop 
to the greatest practicable degree educational and vocational training in their 
respective services. In general, subjects related to their work should be given 
first consideration. The object of the instruction given will be not only to im- 
prove the particular service or to train the Individual as a member of the 
service, but also to cooperate with the War Department in the determination 
of the necessary standards of proficiency and, so far as practicable, in the train- 
ing of skilled specialists for duty as instructors in divisional camps and else- 
where. 

12. The conmianding officer, Fort Leavenwortli, the commandants of the 
United States Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth and the branches 
thereof at Alcatraz and Fort Jay, and the commanding officer of every other 
post not specifically mentioned herein nor under the control of a department 
<^ommander or chief of arm or service will institute such training courses as 
may be practicable, following the general principles outlined in paragraph 7. 

13. The commanding general of each territorial department, and all other 
commanding officers and chiefs of arms or services will make, as early as prac- 
ticable, a careful survey of the conditions affecting the development of educa- 
tional and vocational training within their respective commands with a view 
to obtaining the best possible results in this line. Recommendations, construc- 
tive criticism, and suggestions of value to the service will be given full con- 
sideration. Reports on training programs, courses, and methods that are found 
to be especially workable and practical are desired in order that the lessons 
gained by experience in one command or post may be published or otherwise 
utilized for the benefit of the entire service. (350, A. G. O.) 

Circular No. 77, November 21, 1918. 

DISCHARGE OF ENLISTED MEN FOR RELIEF OF FAMILY OR URGENT NEED IN INDUSTRIAL 

WORK. 

1. Department commanders within the United States, commanders of ports of 
embarkation, and conunanders of camps not under the jurisdiction of depart- 
ment commanders or of chiefs of bureaus of the War Department, are author- 
ized to discharge enlisted men upon their own application when there is sickness 
or other distress in the soldier's family, or when he is needed to resume em- 
ployment in an industry or occupation in which there is urgent need of his 
services, provided that such discharge will not disrupt or cripple an existing 
organization, and that the soldier's services can be spared. Consideration will 
be given to the fact that the machinery of camps must be utilized in the de- 
mobilization of the Army and due regard must be taken that it is not retarded 
by tlie discharge of personnel connected tlierewith. 

2. The instructions contained herein apply only to individual and exceptional 
cases and are not intended to release men in large groups or blocks for any 
general employment or occupation. 

3. Application for discharge under the provisions of this circular will be made 
in each individual case by the soldier concerned and through his immediate 
commanding officer. No man who voluntarily enlisted prior to April 1, 1917, 
will be discharged under this authority. 

4. Men discharged under these instructions will be incllided in such weekly 
reports of men discharged as are required by the War Department. 

5. Cases of the character indicated arising in places not covered by this 
authority will be forwarded to The Adjutant General of the Army for final 
action. (220.81, A. G. O.) 

(See Cirs. 6, 16, 30, 54, 55, 59, 111, 213, 254, 2G1, and 267, W. D., 1919.) 



Circular No. 130, Decembkr 9, 1918. 
knt.istmknt of dischakgkd tempokarv offickhs. 

1. Under the provisions of the act of Congres.s approved March 30, 1918 (sec. 
V, Bui. No. 22, W. D., 1918), all commanding officers are authorized to enlist 
former enlisted men of the Army of the United States who were discharged 
to accept a commission in any component part of the Army of the United States, 
and who, having been discharged from such commissions, tender themselves 
for enlistment within three months after the termination of their commissioned 
service. Upon acceptance each enlisted man shall be appointed to the grade 
held by him before he was discharged to accept such commission. 

2. No applicant for reenlistment under this authority will be rejected until his 
case has been reported to The Adjutant General of the Army with a statement 
as to the disqualifications or other reasons for rejection and instructions to 
that effect having been received. 

3. Until the emergency is terminated by proclamation, the term of enlistment 
will be for the " period of emergency " as at present prescribed by law. 

4. The names and arms of service of soldiers reenlisted under this authority 
will be reported to The Adjutant General of the Army by wire, with a view to 
instructions for their assignment. (342. A. G. O.) 

(See Cir. 259. W. D., 1919.) 

CiRctTT.AR No. 166. December 21, 1918. 

POLICY WITH REFERENCE TO RETENTION IN THE SERVICE OF MEN WHO ENLISTED IN 
THE REGULAR ARMY PRIOR TO APRIL 1, 1917, ANIt MEMBERS OF THE REGUT-AR ARMY 
RESERV'E AND ENLISTED RESERVE CORPS. 

1. Men who enlisted in the Regular Army prior to April 1, 1917, and former 
members of the Regular Army transferred to the Reserve and recalled to active 
duty, who now belong to organizations the personnel of which are ordered to 
be discharged, will not be discharged or furloughed back to the Reserve. These 
men will be assigned or attached in their present grades to the nearest appro- 
priate units of the 8th and 20th Divisions, inclusive, or to the nearest appropriate 
unit in the Regular Army in the United States not included in those divisions ; 
provided that in case of men enlisted in the Cavalry their names will be re- 
ported to the commanding general. Southern Department, for assignment. 

2. Men who have been voluntarily enlisted subsequent to April 1, 1917, in- 
cluding members of the Enlisted Reserve Corps enlisted subsequent to April 1, 
1917, will be discharged under the general instructions for discharge when 
orders are received discharging units to which they are assigned or attached, 
or when they would be discharged were they drafted men. 

3. Jlembers of the Enlisted Reserve Corps enlisted prior to April 1, 1917, will 
be returned to the inactive list at the time when, were they drafted men, they 
AA'ould be discharged. The accounts of such men returned to the inactive list 
should be closed, a careful physical examination made of each man, final state- 
ments, including travel allowances, furnished them and their service records 
forwarded to the proper department commanders. 

4. A weekly report by letter as of Saturday midnight will be made to The 
Adjutant General of the Army, attention room 160, giving the number of men 
and branch of the service to which so assigned or attached, and the number 
of men returned to the inactive list. (326.1, A. G. O.) 

(See Cirs. 14.5, 197. 344. 390, 413; G. O.. 97, W. D., 1919.) 



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Circular No. 174, December 26, 1918. 

kk(;l.stj!at10n ov discharged soldiers at office of city oe town cleek. 

All officers and soldiers will be notitied upon discliarge that tlie governors 
of several States have aslied that men who have served in the Army register, 
upon returning home, with their respective town, city, or county clerlvS, or 
other appropriate officials. This action is requested on the part of all those 
returning to communities in which opportunity is afforded for such regis- 
tration, with a view to the establishment of complete lists, both for convenience 
in making plans to welcome returning soldiers and also for permanent historical 
record. (220.81, A. (i. O.) 

Circular No. 4, January 3, 1919, 

KEPKKSEXTATIVKS OK THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION TO REPORT TO CAMP COM- 
MANDERS AT DEMOBILIZATION CENTERS. 

1. Commanding officers of all camps, posts, and stations where men are to 
be discharged will give thorough publicity to the fact that some positions are 
now open in the Federal classified civil service to discharged officers and sol- 
diers. 

2. The War Department has approved the request of the Civil Service Com- 
mission that it be allowed to appoint representatives at the 30 demobilization 
camps and three demobilization stations and at such other Army camps, posts^ 
and stations as the Civil Service Commission may consider desirable. 

3. These representatives will present letters of identification from the Civil 
Service Commission to the commanding officers concerned. The functions of 
such representatives will be only to inform the commanding officers as to the 
opportunities for employment that are open in the Federal classified civil serv- 
ice to officers and soldiers upon discharge, and such representatives should not 
be allowed to deal directly with the men concerned. The commanding officer 
will give out the information furnished by the Civil Service Connnission repre- 
sentatives to the officers and men to be discharged in such a way as to aftord 
those concerned ample information as to the opportunities for employment in 
the Feileral classified civil .service, 

4. In such camps, posts, and stations at which there are no authorized rep- 
resentatives of the Civil Service Commission actually present the command- 
ing officers will give publicity to the fact that information with reference to 
the civil service positions may be obtained by calling upon the secretary of the 
local board of civil service examiners at the post office or customhouse in any of 
the 3,000 cities of the United States, or by communicating directly with the 
United States Civil Service Commission, AVashington, D. C. (230,224, A. G. O.) 

CiRCTTLAR No. 5. .January 4, 1919. 

MAR-RISK INSURANCE 120-DAY PERIOD ON REENLISTJ£ENT OR REENTRY INTO THE 

SERVICE. 

The following opinion of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance is published for 
the information and guidance of all concerned : 

The general counsel of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance has interpreted the 
letter from The Adjutant General of the Army (WRI 110) dated September 26, 
1918, relative to the 120-day period on reenlistment or reentry into the service 



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to mean that a soldier reenlisting after discharge has 120 days after reenlist- 
ment to apply for insurance only when an interval occurs between discharge 
and reenlistment during which civilian status is restored. The same applies to 
discharge followed by commission. Where military status is continuous the 
letter from The Adjutant General of the Army (WRI 110) has no application. 
In no case can the total amount of war-risk insurance carried by the same 
person exceed $10,000. 

An officer is entitled to a new period of 120 days only when his acceptance 
of commission follows restoration of civilian status. The period then begins 
from the date of acceptance of his commission. (004.61, A. G. O.) 

(See Cir. 160. W. D., 1919.) 

ClHCll.Ali No. (j, .Ia.maiiv 0, ll;)li». 
1)1 I. AV IX ItlSCHAKCK OK KM.ISTKl) MKX KOK l-K()K.\T KKASO.NS. 

1. Aiiplic.-itidiis fur iiiiuiediare dischar^v under the provisions of Circular 
No. 77, War Department, 1918, will he acted upon as expeditiously as possible, 
and I he applicants will be informed without unnecessary delay of the action 
taken. Deserving cases should be investigated, and where the applicants have 
not correctly or fully stated their rea.sons for asking immediate discharge, 
officer's should render such assistance as nuiy be necessary to correct them so 
that the applications may l)e properly presented and acted upon. 

2. Circular No. 77, War Department, 1918, was issued to relieve domes^tic 
distress and to release men whose individual services are shown to be urgently 
needed and indispensable to an industry or occupation. In passing on appli- 
■cations under the latter head the test to be applied is not the existence of a gen- 
eral shortage of labor in any trade or business, but the value to a given em- 
ployer or business of the particular individual concerned, and the imprac- 
ticability of securing a substitute. It will be found that nearly all cases 
properly coming under this head are cases of resumption of a former posi- 
tion in which an individual has been specially trained. 

3. All applications for discharge under the provisions of Circular No. 77 will 
receive careful and coiis<Mentious consideration and prompt action. (220.81, 
A. G. O.) 

(See Cir. 2."i4, A\'. D., 1919.) 

CiKdi.AH No. n, .Tamjaky 10, 1919. 

K.NIHV OF SOT.niKK'S TRIOIt ORGANIZATION OX DTSCHAKGE IKKTIKICATE."^ 

In case an enlisted man is transferred from an organization to unassigned, or 
to another organization for the purpose of discharge, there will be added in 
parentheses after the name and designation of the soldier on the face of his 
discharge certificate, at the time of discharge, the name of the organization to 
which, according to available records, he was last assigned ; e. g., " John Doe 
1,000,000 Sergeant Infantry Unassigned — (last assigne<l, Company A, 1st In- 
fantry)." (220.84. A. G. O.) 

CrRCTTAii No. 1<*). .Taxiarv 13. 1919. 

la'RI.OUCiH TO RKSKRVK OK KXI.ISTKl) MKX OK KKGl'I.AR ARMY, OX ACCOUNT OF 
DKPENOKXTS. 

Department coninianders within the I'liiled States, commanders of ports of 
embarkation, and commanders of camps not under the .iurisdi<-tinn of depart- 



3U 

meut coiumiiiiders or of chiefs of bureaus of the War Department, are au- 
thorized to furlough enlisted men of the Regular Army to the Reserve uiwn 
their own application in the event that they have completed their prescribed 
term of active service and that the fact is established by proper proof that 
they have dependents who are unable to adequately support themselves with- 
out assistance which the enlisted men can not render in the position which 
they occupy in the Army. 

Cases not covered in these instructit»ns which, after thorough and complete 
investigation by the proper authorities, appear to deserve consideration, will 
be submitted to the War Department for decision. (220.81, A. G. O.) 

(Compare with Cir. 77, \\. D., 191S: also see Cirs. r,n, 72. 2S1). 247. 2.-)4. and 
261, W. IX. 1919.) 

ClKCUJ.Al! No. 28, .lANUARY If), 1919. 
HKTENTION OF EM.lSTKl) MEN DESIRING TO REMAIN IN THE SEKVUE TEMPORARILY. 

Officers authorized or directed to discharge units or detachments of enlisted 
men will in all cases retain such men as desire to stay in the service tem- 
porarily, even though these men do not wish to remain in the Regular Army. 
Such men will be utilized, as far as practicable, to replace men of units not 
ordered demobilized, who are eligible for discharge under the provisions of 
Circular No. 77, War Department, 1918, as supplemented by Circulars Nos. 
91 and 186, War Department, 1918, and Circular No. 6, War Department, 1919, 
but whose services could not otherwise be spared. If such disposition is not 
practicable, these men will be attached or assigned to most convenient units 
where their services will be useful. No soldier retained under these instruc- 
tions will be reduced in grade as an incident of his transfer heieunder, but 
will be carried as an extra number, if necessary. (342, A. G. O. ) 

(See Cirs. 34 and 66, W. D., 1919.) 

Circular No. 30. .January 21, 1919. 

extension of the provisions of circular no. 77, war department, 1018, to 
alaska, can.vl zo.\e. and insular possessions. 

The provisions of Circular No. 77, War Department, 1918, as supplemented by 
Circular No. 186, War Department, 1918, and Circular No. 6, War Department, 
1919, are extended to include those men enlisted for the emergency who are now 
in the Philippine Islands. Hawaii, Canal Zone, Porto Rico, and Alaska. The 
appropriate department commanders will discharge those men who are eligible 
for discharge under the provisions of these circulars, or transfer them to the 
United States for discharge under the provisions of Circular No. 106, War De- 
partment, 1918, as amended or supplemented by Circulars Nos. 122, 149, 162, 
War Department 1918, and Circulars Nos. 10, 13, 15, and 17, War Department, 
1919. (220.81, A. G. O.) 

(See Cir. 219, W. D., 1919.) 

Circular No. 34, January 23. 1919. 

retention of men desiring to remain in the service temporarily. 

In connection with Circular No. 23. War Department, 1919, commanding offi- 
cers will take steps to insure that every enlisted man in their command under- 



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stands thoroughly that the War Department does uot desire to discharge any 
soldier who can not secure civil employment. It will be made clear to every 
soldier that in place of being discharged as he would be normally under orders 
for demobilization, he may remain in the military service upon his own written 
request until such time as he can secure employment. The fact that he requests 
to remain in the Army temporarily does not in any way operate to compel him 
to remain in the service for a long period of time against his will. Any man 
who would normally have been discharged had he not expressed his desire in 
writing to remain in the service, may thereafter be discharged from the service 
at his own request, whenever he thinks he may secure employment. All men 
who are retained temporarily under this authority will be attached to the most 
convenient imit and where tlieir services will be most useful. (220.81, A. G. O.) 
(See Cir. 66. W. D.. 1919.) 

CiRCiTLAR No. 3.5, .Taxuaky 23, 1919. 

DISCHAKGK ()7! FrRT.OICJH TO THE RESERVE OP ENLISTED MEN OF THE REGULAR ARMY 
ENLISTED PRIOR TO APRIL 1, 1917. 

It is not the policy of the War Department to discharge or furlough to the 
Reserve enlisted men of the Regular Army who enlisted prior to April 1, 1917, 
and whose period of active service has not been completed, except in exceptional 
cases coming within the provisions of section 29, act of Congress approved June 
3, 1916 (Bui. No. 16, W. D.. 1916). Such cases should be submitted to the War 
Department for decision accompanied by affidavits or other satisfactory evi- 
dence as required by section 29 of that act, to establish facts. (201, A. G. O.) 

(See Cirs. 72, 239, 247, and 261, W. D., 1919.) 

Circular No. 54, January 31, 1919. 

retention in service of enlisted men for the remount division. 

Commanding officers authorized by War Department orders to discharge en- 
listed men will ascertain and observe recommendations of the officer in charge,. 
Remount Division, Washington, D. C, in discharging enlisted personnel assigned 
to remount depots or auxiliary remount depots, except when such enlisted men 
are eligible for discharge on clearly established grounds of sickness or other 
distress in the soldier's family as contemplated under the provision of Circular 
No. 77, War Department, 1918, as supplemented by Circular No. 6, War Depart- 
ment. 1919. (210, A. G. O.) 

Circular No. 55. February 1. 1919. 

exten.sion' of the provisions of circular no. 16, war department. 1919 fur- 
lough to the reserve. 

The provisions of Circular No. 16, War Department, 1919, are extended to 
include all department commanders and commanders of posts, camps, or other 
stations not under the jurisdiction of the department commanders in Alaska, 
the Canal Zone, and the insular possessions of the United States. (326.1, 
A. G. O.) 

(See Cirs. 16 and 72. W. D.. 1919.) 



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Circular No. 57, February 3, 1919. 

^VAR-RISK INSURANCE — PREPARATION OF NOTICE OF DISCHARGE (TREASURY DEPART- 
MENT, B. W. R. I. FORM 333). 

It has been brought to the attention of the War Department that Notices of 
Discharge (Treasury Department, B. W. R. I. Form 333) are forwarded to the 
Bureau of War Risk Insurance without being completed or containing the full 
information required. Many thousands of these forms have been received on 
which the date of discharge has not been entered. 

Commanding officers of camps, posts, and stations will require organization 
commanders and personnel adjutants to carefully check Notices of Discharge in 
order to see that they are complete before forwarding them to the Bureau of 
War Risk Insurance. (004.61, A. G. O.) 

(See Cirs. 161 and 226, W. D., 1919.) 

Circular No. 59, February 4, 1919. 

DETENTION IN MILITARY SERVICE OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL TRAINED IN FINANCE 

WORK. 

1. Commanding officers, who are authorized by ^^'ar Department orders to 
effect the discharge of enlisted men, will secure and observe the recommenda- 
tions of zone supply officers with reference to the discharge of enlisted person- 
nel pertaining to zone supply officers. 

2. Enlisted men belonging to organizations other than those under the im- 
mediate supervision of a camp or post supply officer, who are detailed for duty 
in finance work in the office of the latter, will be retained on such duty luitil 
their services are no longer required, except when they are clearly eligible for 
discharge on urgent grounds of sickness or distress in the soldier's family, as 
provided for in Circular No. 77, War Department, 1918. In case the organiza- 
tion to which they belong is demobilized, they will be transferred, without loss 
of grade, as unassigned and carried as extra numbers in the arm, staff corps, or 
-department to which they belong. (220.81, A. G. O.) 

Circular No. 66, February 7, 1919. 

policy in regard to discharge of men enlisied kok emergency arriving 
from overseas. 

All enlisted personnel of the Army, except members of the Regular Army, 
unlisted prior to April 1, 1917, upon arrival in this country from overseas will 
be either discharged or forwarded to the appropriate demobilization center for 
immediate discharge. Those who are physically ineligible for discharge will be 
disposed of in accordance with existing instructions and, as soon as they shall 
become eligible, will be promptly discharged or forwarded to the appropriate 
<lemobilization center for immediate discharge. 

Nothing herein shall be construed as limiting the operation of Circular No. 
164, War Department, 1918, or of subparagraph a, paragraph 1, Circular No. 188, 
War Department. 3918. or of Circulars Nos. 23 and 34, War Department, 1919. 

It is the policy of the War Department to effect the discharge at the earliest 
practicable moment of all troops returning from over.seas, either as casuals or 
in organizations. Such troops will be assigned to no duty inconsistent with this 
policy. (220.81, A. G. O.) 

(See Cir. 220. W. D., 1919. i 



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CiECULAE No. 72, Febeuaey 10, 1919. 

FUELOUGH TO THE EESEEVE. 

1. When definite authority is received for furlough to the Reserve of enlisted 
men of the Regular Army, as provided for in Circulars Nos. 16 and 35, War 
Department, 1919, the following instructions will govern : 

a. The soldier will be given a critical physical examination, as prescribed in 
Circular No. 73, War Department, 1918, and a report made on Form No. 135-3, 
A. G. O. The result of this examination will be noted on the service record. 

6. The accounts of the soldier will be closed and he will be paid in full to date 
furlough is effective, including allowances provided by law for discharged sol- 
diers. His service record, prepared in accordance with existing instructions and 
with particular attention to Circular No. 57, War Department, 1918, will be 
properly indorsed and transmitted to the camp or other station personnel adju- 
tant to be forwarded to the commanding general of the territorial department in 
which the reservist elects to reside. The definite authority under which the 
soldier was furloughed to the Reserve, and the residence (giving street number, 
if any) selected by the reservist will be noted on service record. The following 
individual records will be sent to department commander with service record : 

(1) Pay Card. Form No. 644, A. G. O. 

(2) Individual Equipment Record. Form No. 637, A. G. O. 

(3) Qualification Card. Form CCP-1. 

c. Notice of Discharge, Form No. 333, Treasury Department, Bureau of War 
Risk Insurance, will be prepared in duplicate, as prescribed by Circular No. 73, 
War Department, 1918, and sent to the Director, Bureau of War Risk Insurance, 
Treasury Department, Washington, D. C. This form will be completed by cross- 
ing out the word " discharge " where it appears in two places on form and sub- 
stituting therefor " Furloughed to Regular Army Reserve," Paragraph 21, 
Circular No. 73, War Department, 1918, will be carefully complied with and each 
soldier furloughed to the Regular Army Reserve will be given a copy of memo- 
randum " Information Relative to Compensation and Continuance of War-Risk 
Insurance," signed by the ofllcer preparing his furlough certificate. 

d. There will be furnished the soldier : 

Certificate of furlough. Regular Army Reserve, Form No. 437, A. G. O., and 
final statements. 

Final statements will be prepared in accordance with Circular No. 85, War 
Department, 1918. 

The statement " Entitled to purchase ticket to ( ) at two-thirds regular 

rate," inserting place of acceptance for enlistment, will be indorsed on back of 
certificate of furlough. 

e. The following will be forwarded to The Adjutant General of the Army : 

(1) Form No. 559, A. G. O. 

(2) Form No. 135-3, A. G. O. Report of Physical Examination. 

f. Under the provisions of paragraph 1165, Army Regulations, an enlisted man 
furloughed to the Reserve will be permitted to wear to his home uniform cloth- 
ing as specified in Circular No. 7, War Department, 1919, and will return same 
as prescribed in Circulars Nos. 105 and 139, War Department, 1918. Instructions 
contained in Circular No. 43, War Department, 1919, and those which may be 
issued in the future concerning the wearing of uniform by discharged soldiers 
will also apply to reservists when not in active service unless otherwise ordered. 
The soldier will be so instructed. 

ff. Every enlisted man, prior to being transferred to the Regular Army Reserve, 
will be given the address of the department headquarters where his service 
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records are to be kept. He will be instructed to report to the department com- 
mander any change of residence and to communicate with that officer regarding 
any further information he may desire regarding his status as a member of the 
Regular Army Reserve. 

2. The provisions of subparagraphs 6 and c, paragraph 1, Circular No. 86, Cir- 
culars Nos. 91, 93, 106, and 149, War Department, 1918, and all other general 
instructions governing the separation of enlisted men from active service in the 
demobilization of the present Army will be given careful consideration before 
an enlisted man is furloughed to the Regular Army Reserve. 

3. The above procedure will be followed also when reservists who, have been 
mobilized for active service are refurloughed to the Reserve under the provisions 
of Circular No. 16, War Department, 1919. 

4. Regulations for the Regular Army Reserve dated August 15, 1916, in con- 
flict with the provisions of this circular are suspended accordingly. 

5. Application for furlough to the Reserve under the provisions of Circulars 
Nos. 16 and 55, War Department, 1919, will be submitted through channels to 
the camp or port of embarkation commander, or department commander having 
discharge jurisdiction under the provisions of paragraph 139i, Army Regulations, 
as the case may be. Applications under the provisions of Circular No. 35, War 
Department, 1919, will be forwarded through these commanders, who will in- 
dorse their recommendations to The Adjutant General of the Army. (326.1, 
A. G. O.) 

(See Cirs. 16. 55, and 261, W. D., 1919.) 

Circular No. 101, February 26, 1919. 

RECRUITMENT AND ASSIGNMENT OF RECRUITS. 

1. The commanding officer of each camp, post, and station will designate an 
officer of his command to establish a general recruiting office at the camp, post, 
or station and enlist for general assignment in the Regular Army such men as 
may apply and be found qualified. It is desired that an energetic effort be 
made to secure recruits, especially from among men discharged from organiza- 
tions which have been demobilized and from organizations scheduled for de- 
mobilization. No enlistments will be made under these instructions until notice 
is published by The Adjutant General of the Army that legislation providing 
for a definite term of enlistment has been enacted. In the meantime enlist- 
ments will be confined to former soldiers discharged to accept commissions 
and entitled to restoration to grade under the provisions of Circular No. 130, 
War Department, 1918. The present enlistment paper (Form No. 22, A. G. O.), 
modified to conform to the length of the enlistment period prescribed by the 
new law, will be used until a new form is printed. 

2. The commanding officers of camps, posts, and stations at which men are 
enlisted under these instructions may assign them to an organization at the 
camp, post, or station if such organization is of the arm, stafE corps, or depart- 
ment for which they are accepted, provided the authorized strength of the 
organization is not exceeded. 

3. Men drafted or enlisted subsequently to April 1, 1917, who request to be 
enlisted under the provisions of such enlistment law as may be enacted, will 
be discharged from the military service and enlisted in such arm, staff corps, 
or department as they may elect. In such cases the necessary precautions will 
be taken to insure reenlistments. Such men, however, may be retained on the 
duties in which they are engaged at the time of discharge until they can be 
spared or replaced. 



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4. All enlisted men who are not assigned as hereinbefore provided at the 
camp, post, or station at which enlisted \vill be reported to The Adjutant Gen- 
eral of the Army for assignment. 

5. All men received from recruiting stations, at recruit depots, or recruit 
depot posts will be reported to The Adjutant General of the Army for assign- 
ment. 

6. The report of men to The Adjutant General of the Army for assignment 
will state the number of men accepted for each arm, staff corps, or depart- 
ment, the occupation of each and whether or not he has had previous military 
service. 

Special care will be taken to ascertain the occupation of each man. 
This report will be submitted by mail by the commanding officer of each 
camp, post, or station directly to The Adjutant General of the Army, on Satur- 
day of each week, and will include all men available for assignment who have 
not been previously reported. 
The following form will be observed in submitting this report: 

Enlisted for Infantry. 



Number. 


Vocation. 


Previous 
service. 


3 

I 

2 


Cooks 


No. 
Yes. 
No. 
Yes. 


Chauffers 


do... 





When no men are available for assignment no report will be submitted. This 
report is in addition to reports now called for by Army Regulations. 

7. Upon the enactment of the enlistment law, referred to in paragraph 1, in- 
structions will issue regarding the period of enlistments, rights as to enlistment 
bonus, etc. 

8. The following reports, in addition to those called for in the foregoing para- 
graphs, will be submitted: 

a. Each enlisting officer will report daily on Form No. 664, A. G. O., the num- 
ber of enlistments made for the day, accompanied by the enlistment papers. 

b. Each depot and depot post commander (par. 841, A. R.) will report by 
wire, at the close of business each day, to The Adjutant General of the Army, 
the total number of enlistments made during the day, and will submit monthly 
report of applicants for enlistment on Form No. 666, A, G. O. 

c. The officer in charge of each i-ecruiting district will submit a monthly report 
on Form No. 665, A. G. O. (341.41, A. G. O.) 

(See Cirs. 141, 154, 165, 199, 220, 224, and 381, W. D., 1919.) 

CmcxjLAR No. Ill, Maech 5, 1919. 

KETENTION OF SOLDIERS IN SERVICE TO SATISFY DEBT OF G0\'ERNMENT. 



1. The question has been submitted to the Judge Advocate General of the 
Army whether his opinion, dated January 16, 1919, to the effect that no order 
can legally be issued which would retain soldiers in the service for the purpose 
of satisfying their indebtedness to the United States, applies when the discharge 
is requested under the provisions of Circular No. 77, War Department, 1918, for 



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the convenience of the soldier prior to the time that he would normally be dis- 
charged with the other men of his unit. 
The Judge Advocate General states in reply : 

Circular No. 77, November 21, 1918, authorizes the discharge of men upon 
their own application where the discharge v»all not disrupt or cripple an existing 
organization and the soldier's services can be spared, in cases where the dis- 
charge is applied for, " when there is sickness or other distress in the soldier's 
family, or when he is needed to resume employment in an industry or occupa- 
tion in which there is urgent need of his services." Discharges given under this 
circular are issued by way of favor in advance of the time the soldier would 
normally be discharged with the other men of his unit. In such case, it would 
be permissible to take into consideration, in determining whether or not the 
favor should be granted, the fact that the soldier is indebted to the United 
States and to decline the favor on this ground, unless the reasons for his dis- 
charge in advance of the time he would normally be discharged are such as to 
be controlling. 

2. Therefore, when a man applies for discharge prior to other men of his unit 
under the provisions of Circular No. 77, War Department, 1918, the commander 
who under the provisions of paragraph 1 of that circular may effect such dis- 
charges, may or may not grant discharge, as seems best in his judgment. When 
there are several soldiers applying for discharge under provisions of Circular 
No. 77, other things being equal, those men not indebted to the Government are 
entitled to priority and first consideration. To justify discharge of soldier in- 
debted to the Government prior to the other men in his unit under the provisions 
of Circular No. 77 on account of sickness or distress, such sickness or distress in 
soldier's family must be most critical. In order for an indebted soldier to secure 
discharge on industrial grounds, his services in industry must be shown to be so 
essential that he is a key or pivot man in an important industry, (220.81, 
A. G. O.) 

CiRCULAB No. 113, March 6, 1919. 

INSTRUCTIONS GOVERNING VOLUNTARY ENLISTMENTS. 

Enlistments in the Regular Army under the provisions of the act of Congress 
approved February 28, 1919 (sec. Ill, Bui. No. 9, W. D., 1919), will be made in 
accordance with the following instructions: 

1. Resumption of enlistments. — Enlistments for all branches of the Regular 
Army will be resumed at once. 

2. Restrictions. — No men will be enlisted or reenlisted who, on account of 
dependents, will be entitled to family allowances under the provisions of the 
war-risk insurance act. This, however, will not apply to men now in the 
Army who were enlisted prior to April 2, 1917. 

For the time being no colored men will be accepted for original enlistment. 

3. Age limits. — Age limits for original enlistments will be 18 to 40 years, in- 
clusive, except that for staff corps and departments the limit will be 55 years. 

4. Period of enlistments. — The proportion of one and three year enlistments 
will be regulated from time to time by instructions from The Adjutant General 
of the Army. For the present no restrictions on enlistments of either class are 
imposed upon recruiting officers except that no man shall be enlisted for one 
year who has not had previous military service in the Regular Army or in the 
Army as constituted under the provisions of the act of Congress approved May 
18, 1917 (Bui. No. 32, W. D., 1917), entitled "An act to authorize the President 
to increase temporarily the military establishment of the United States." 

Special effort will be made to induce men to enlist for three years. It will 
be the policy of the War Department to assign for oversea service only men 



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enlisted for three years, and as many men as possible will be given this service. 
However, this policy will not be construed as to prohibit the enlistment for one 
year only of those men now in the American Expeditionary Forces who desire 
to enlist for that period and remain on duty ^^ith the American Expeditionary 
Forces. 

5. Assignments. — Men will be assigned as pi'ovided for in Circular No. 101, 
War Department, 1919. Those who desire assignment to the Motor Transport 
Corps, Tank Corps, or Air Service will be enlisted for Infantry for assignment to 
the branch of the service desired and will be transferred to the latter in order 
to be so assigned. Assignments will be made in accordance with the provisions 
of the before mentioned circular. 

6. Furlough upon reenlistment. — All men discharged for the purpose of re- 
enlistment who reenlist on the day following discharge will be granted a fur- 
lough of one month if they desire it, to begin to take effect not later than one 
month after reenlistment. 

7. Reports. — The reports required by Circular No. 101, War Department, 1919, 
will show separately enlistments in the one year and three year classes. 

8. Army Regulations. — Attention is directed to Article LXVI, Army Regula- 
tions. (342, A. G. O.) 

(See Cirs. 141, 154, 165, 224, 228, 240, and 314, W. D., 1919.) 

CiKcirLAB No. 118, March 11, 1919. 

PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF APPLICANTS FOB VOLUNTAEY ENLISTMENT IN THE 
EEGULAB AEMY. 

1. Physical examinations of applicants for voluntary enlistment in the Reg- 
ular Army will be conducted in accordance with the instructions contained in 
a letter from The Adjutant General of the Army dated August 2, 1918 (220.13, 
Misc. Div. ) , the subject of which is " Hasty Examination of Recruits." 

2. The letter referred to reads as follows : 

The following instructions were issued by the Surgeon General on April 29, 
under authority from the War Department: 

"The physical examination of all drafted men on their arrival at camps, 
cantonments, recruit depots, and other stations will be made and completed 
under the direction of the division surgeon or other senior surgeon of the 
command with the least practicable delay after their arrival. Except in doubt- 
ful or deferred cases the examination of any individual drafted man should be 
completed on one day by a special examining board designated by the division 
surgeon, consisting of medical officers, including all necessary specialists. This 
single examination will take the place of the preliminary and final examina- 
tions previously prescribed by this office. Smallpox vaccination and the first 
dose of triple vaccine will be administered and all required blank forms, in- 
cluding identification records, will be completed on the day of the examination." 

While it is desired to have examinations proceed without delay, and be com- 
pleted as promptly as possible, it is not intended that the above instructions 
should lead to such a degree of haste as would result in insufficient examina- 
tions. No time limit has been placed by the War Department on the examina- 
tion of any particular draft increment. In view of the fact that only one 
examination is now required, it is of the highest importance that this exam- 
ination should be thorough. (342.15, A. 6. O.) 

(SeeCir. 435, W. D., 1919.) 



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ClECUI-AE No. 120, INlABCH 12, 1919. 

OPINIOX OF THE JUDGE ADVOCATE GENEBAL OF THE ABMY BEGABDIXG CONTINUOUS 
SERVICE PAY AND BONUS FOB BEENLISTJIENTS. 

The following approved opinion of the Judge Advocate General of the Army 
is published for the information and guidance of all concerned : 
[Second indorsement.] 

Wab Depabtment, 
Judge Advocate Genebal's Office, 

March 7, 1919. 
To The Adjutant General. 

1. Reference A. G. 242.121-Enl., March 5, 1919. Inquiry is made whether 
men who have entered the Army for the period of the emergency by enlistment 
or draft under the selective draft act of May IS, 1917, and its amendments, and 
who. upon discharge therefrom, enlist in the Regular Army, are entitled to the 
benefits of the act of May 11, 190S (35 Stat. 106, 109), which provides for con- 
tinuous service pay and a bonus for reenlistment. 

2. The inquiry is answered in the negative. The act of May 11, 1908, is the 
Army appropriation act for the year ending June 30, 1909, and contains 
permanent legislation providing for reenlistment pay and for a bonus for re- 
enlistment within three months after the termination of the first enlistment 
period. It was obviously intended to cover only those cases where enlistment 
was for a defi^nite period. It would be possible to apply certain portions of 
the provisions to reenlistments following enlistments, voluntary or involuntary, 
for the period of the emergency ; but taking those provisions of the act dealing 
with reenlistment as a whole, it is obvious that they were not intended to be, 
and can not be. reasonably applied to the present situation. In the first place 
all enlistments in the temporary forces are for the period of the emergency. That 
period has not yet expired, and it is impossible to state with any definiteness 
when it will expire. Consequently, no soldier of the temporary forces, who 
is discharged at the present time, can be said to have served his entire enlist- 
ment period. If his discharge is to be considered as a discharge for the con- 
venience of the Government, the question will necessarily arise whether he has 
served more than one-half his period of enlistment. Inasmuch as it is impos- 
sible to determine the duration of the period, it is obviously impossible to de- 
termine whether any given man has served at least one-half of the period. If 
each such soldier who is now discharged were to be regarded as having served 
his entire enlistment period, it would result that some men who have been 
in the service only a day or a week would be entitled to reenlistment pay upon 
enlistment in the Regular Army. Such reenlistment pay was, of course, intended 
to be additional compensation to induce experienced men to remain in the 
service and could not reasonably be granted in cases where the service rendered 
during the emergency was of very slight duration. And yet no discrimination 
could be made between men who had served but a short period and men who 
had served a considerable period, if the provisions were attempted to be ap- 
plied to service during the emergency only. Enough has been said to show that 
those provisions of the act of May 11, 1908, dealing with reenlistment, are 
impracticable of reasonable application to enlistments for the period of the 
emergency. (242.121, A. G. O.) 

C1ECUI-A.B No. 141, March 24, 1919. 

instructions governing VOLUNTABT ENLISTilENTS — AMENDMENT TO CIRCULAB 
NO. 113, WAB DEPABTMENT, 1919. 

Paragraph 5, Circular No. 113, War Department, 1919, is rescinded and the fol- 
lowing is substituted therefor: 

5. Er^Iistment of men for certain special services. — ^Men who desire to enlist 
or reenlist for the Motor Transport Corps, Tank Corps, or Air Service will 
be enlisted for the Infantry and wiU be transferred immediately to the service 
desired for assignment in accordance with the provisions of Circular No. 101, 
War Department, 1919. 



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Men who desire to enlist or reenlist for the Construction Division will be 
enlisted for the Quartermaster Corps and will be transferred immediately to 
the Construction Division for assignment in accordance with provisions of Cir- 
cular No. 101, War Department, 1919, 

Men who desire to enlist or reenlist in the Veterinary Corps or Dental Corps 
will be enlisted for the Medical Department and will be transferred immediately 
to the "Veterinary Corps or Dental Corps, respectively, for assignment in ac- 
cordance with the provisions of Circular No. 101, War Department, 1919. (342, 
A. G. O.) 

(See Cirs. 228, 268, and 293, W. D., 1919.) 

CiKCTTLAB No. 145, Maech 26, 1919. 

POLICY WITH KEFEKENCE TO EETENTION IN THE SERVICE OF MEN WHO ENLISTED IN 
THE EEGtJLAE AEMY PRIOE TO APRIL 1, 1917, AND MEMBERS OF THE EEGULAE AEMT 
EESEEVE AND ENLISTED EESERVE CORPS — AMENDMENT TO CIRCULAR NO. 166, WAB 
DEPARTMENT, 1918. 

1. Paragraph 4, Circular No. 166, War Department, 1918, is rescinded. 

2. Paragraph 1, Circular No. 166, War Department, 1918, is amended to read 
as follows: 

1. Men who enlisted in the Regular Army prior to April 2, 1917, and former 
members of the Regular Army who have been furloughed to the Reserve and 
recalled to active duty, who now belong to organizations the personnel of which 
is ordered to be discharged, will not be discharged or furloughed back to the 
Reserve, except in exceptional cases as provided in Circulars Nos. 16 and 35, 
War Department, 1919. 

In the absence of special instructions these men will be assigned or attached 
without loss of grade by the commanding officers of their stations to an or- 
ganization at the station if such organization is of the arm, staif corps, or 
department to which they belong. Attention is directed to Circular No. 115, 
War Department, 1919. 

Those men who are not assigned or attached as prescribed in the foregoing 
paragraph will be reported to The Adjutant General of the Army (attention 
Operations Division) for assignment. Such reports will show the number 
of men by grades of each arm of service available for assignment. (326.1, 
A. G. O.) 

(See Cir. 166, W. D., 1918; Cirs. 197, 344, 390, 413, 90, and 97, W. D., 1919.) 

Circular No. 146, March 26, 1919. 
war-risk insurance— interpretation of the teem " base pat." 

The following interpretation of the term " pay for last month of active serv- 
ice," as used in the vocational rehabilitation act, is published for the informa- 
tion and guidance of all concerned in computing the rate of base pay received 
by an officer or enlisted man during his last month of service, which rate 
under the provisions of subparagraph b, paragraph 1, Circular No. 114, War 
Department, 1919, must be indorsed on Form 526, Treasury Department, B. W. 
R. I.: 

1. Pay in the Army and Marine Corps for the purpose of the act of October 
6, 1917, included (a) base pay, with the increase thereof granted by section 10 
of the act of May 18, 1917; (b) continuous-service pay, and excludes all other 
forms of pay such as extra-duty pay, pay for marksmanship, rated positions, 
certificates of merit, aviation increase, foreign-service pay. 

2. Pay in the Navy for the purpose of the act includes (a) base pay as shown 
In article 4427 (5), Navy Regulations, 1913; (&) 10 per cent Increase In pay 



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authorized by the act of May 13, 1908; (c) increased pay for chief petty officers 
holding permanent appointments (art. 4427 (18), Navy Regulations) ; (d) con- 
tinuous-service pay (art. 4427 (23), Navy Regulations) ; (e) increases au- 
thorized by General Orders, No. 34, November 27, 1906 (art. 4427 (25), Navy 
Regulations) ; (f) increase in pay authorized by act of May 22, 1917. (T. D. 
6, W. R.) (004.61, A. G. O.) 

CiEcuLAE No. 147, March 26, 1919. 

WAR-EISK INSUEANCE — EFFECT OF FRAITDUXENT ENLISTMENT "UPON INSUEANCE. 

The following ruling of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance is published for 
the information and guidance of all concerned: 

As a person securing enlistment by fraudulent concealment of his minority 
acquires a military status vphich may be terminated by the military authorities 
upon the discovery of the fraud, but can not be terminated by the action of the 
enlisted man, such person must be regarded as an enlisted man employed in 
active service within the meaning of the war-risk insurance act so long as the 
military status thus acquired continues. While so employed in active service 
he is entitled, under the provisions of the act, to apply for war-risk insurance. 
Such insurance when once granted can be forfeited only in accordance with the 
provisions of the act. The enlisted man's subsequent discharge for fraudulent 
concealment of his minority is not such a discharge as operates, under the pro- 
visions of section 29 of the act, to terminate his insurance. 

Discharge for fraudulent enlistment through concealment of minority does 
not terminate rights under war-risk insurance validly granted. (004.61, 
A. G. O.) 

CiECtTLAE No. 154, March 29, 1919. 

ADDITIONAIi INSTRUCTIONS GOVERNING VOLUNTARY ENLISTMENTS — RESCISSION OV 
paragraph 3, CIRCULAR NO. 101, WAR DEPARTMENT, 1919. 

The following instructions with reference to enlistments in the United States 
in the Regular Army as authorized by the act of Congress approved February 
28, 1919 (sec. II, Bui. No. 9, W. D., 1919), are published for the information and 
guidance of all concerned: 

1. Paragraph 3, Circular No. 101, War Department, 1919, is rescinded. 

2. Enlisted men, drafted or enlisted for the period of the emergency only, 
who express a desire to reenlist in the Regular Army for one or three year 
periods under the provisions of the act of February 28, 1919, and are not re- 
stricted under the provisions of paragraph 2, Circular No. 113, War Depart- 
ment, 1919, and who otherwise may not be immediately available for discharge 
will, in the discretion of their camp, post, or station commander, be discharged 
from the military service as rapidly as conditions permit. 

The discharge will be absolute and in no way will be conditional upon re- 
enlistment. The fact that the discharge was by reason of " expiration of term 
of service " will be noted on final statements and discharge certificate. 

In such cases, however, all proper encouragement and influence should be 
brought to bear, entirely free of administrative or coercive action, to insure the 
reenlistment of such men. Men who would not otherwise be discharged should 
not be discharged unless commanding officers are satisfied that they will 
reenlist. 

3. Men who reenlist as provided in paragraph 2 may be retained on the duties 
in which they are engaged at the time of discharge until they can be spared or 
replaced. 

4. For all men discharged as herein authorized, the provisions of paragraph 8, 
Circular No. 85, War Department, 1918, will have full effect with respect to 



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allotments and insurance, and methods outlined therein will be strictly ob- 
served. 

5. Soldiers enlisting under the act of February 28, 1919, are entitled to addi- 
tional pay authorized by the act of May 18, 1917 (Bui. No, 32, W. D., 1917). 

6. The enlistment period will be the same as at date of discharge, provided all 
prior service was in the Regular Army. No credit will be given for service in 
National Guard pending decision from Comptroller. 

7. The bonus of $60 is payable to all men discharged under authority of 
paragraph 2 of this circular, provided conditions named in the act of Congress 
approved February 24, 1919, are complied with. Three months' extra pay 
under the act of Congress approved May 11, 1908, is not payable upon reen- 
listment. 

8. All men discharged under the provisions of Circular No. 101, War Depart- 
ment, 1919, and reenlisted for one year or three year periods are considered by 
the War Department as having been given an absolute discharge by reason of 
" expiration of term of service," and final statements should be made, or cor- 
rected to conform herewith. Under these conditions travel allowance is pay- 
able. 

9. These instructions supersede any prior instructions in conflict on this sub- 
ject, and will be given immediate effect by commanding officers of all camps,, 
posts, and stations. (242.17, A. G. O.) 

Circular No. 160, March 29, 1919. 

WAR-RISK INSURANCE 120-DAY PERIOD ON ENLISTMENT OR REENTRY INTO THE: 

SERVICE — INTERPRETATION OF CIRCULAR NO. 5, WAR DEPARTMENT, 1919. 

The following decision of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance, interpreting 
just what period of time constitutes an interval between discharge and re- 
enlistment as referred to in Circular No. 5, War Department, 1919, is published 
for the information and guidance of all concerned : 

Your letter of March 10 sets out the ruling of the Bureau of War Risk In- 
surance with reference to the right of a poldier reenlisted or commissioned 
after discharge to another 120-day period within which to apply for insurance,, 
and also an interpretation of this ruling, as set forth, respectively, in W. R. I. 
110 and W. D. Circular No. 5. Commenting upon these rulings you then make 
the following statement: 

" From the circular of January 4 it appears that the 120-day period does not 
apply on reenlistment or reentry into the service, unless there is restoration to 
civilian status. In other words, there must be an interval between discharge 
and reentry into the service before an individual can acquire the privilege of 
the 120-day period in which to apply for insurance. The question naturally 
arises as to just what pei-iod of time would constitute an interval as referred 
to in Circular No. 5." 

This statement is in entire accord with the practice of this bureau, and it 
now remains only to answer the question asked in the last sentence. 

The extent in time of the interval between discharge and reentry into the 
service during which the soldier is restored to civilian status is significant only 
as a matter of evidence. The cardinal question is whether there was any period 
of time, however short, between discharge and reentry into the service during 
which the man was free from military control. If at the moment of discharge 
the soldier was, in fact, free to return to civilian life or to reenlist, as he might 
elect to reenlist would not prevent such reenlistment from being such an en- 
mere fact that within five minutes or any other short time thereafter, he did 
elect to reenli?t would not prevent such reenlistment from being such an en- 
listment in active service as would entitle him to another 120-day period within 
which he might apply for insurance. My understanding is that in the ordinary 
case where an enlisted man received his discharge for the purpose of accepting 



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a commission he remains all the time subject to military control and is not in 
any manner restored to a civilian status. On the other hand, my understand- 
ing is that in the ordinary case where an enlisted man is discharged from the 
service and thereafter, whether after a short or a long interval, elects to re- 
enlist he is free from military control and restored to a civilian status during 
such interval as elapses between his discharge and reenlistment. In such case 
he is entitled to take out insurance within 120 days after reenlistment. 

Heney D. Lindsley, Director. 

[Second indorsement.] 

WRI-530-DYB 
AG-004.61 War Risk 

War Department, 
Adjutant General's Office, 

March 26, 1919. 
To the Director, Bureau of War Risk Insurance, 

Treasury Department, Washington, D. C. 

1. It is requested that the following question be answered : 

An enlisted man is discharged on March 25, 1919, and reenlists on March 26, 
1919. Will this man be entitled to another period of 120 days in which to 
apply for war-risk insurance? 

2. In reaching a decision on this question, it is thought that the question of 
pay should be considered. The man receives pay for March 25 and also re- 
ceives pay for March 26, regardless as to the time of day that he is discharged 
or the time of day that he reenlists. 

3. The early return of this paper will be greatly appreciated. It is desired 
to incorporate your decision in the revised edition of Special Regulations 
No. 72. 

D. Y. Beckham, 
Adjutant General. 
DTB : RP 

[Third indorsement.] 
B. W. R. I. 

The Director, Washington, D. C, March 27, 1919. 
To Col. Beckham, Adjutant General, Washington, D. C. 

1. The second indorsement asks the question : 

"An enlisted man is discharged on March 25, 1919, and reenlists on March 
26, 1919. Will this man be entitled to another period of 120 days in which to 
apply for war-risk insurance?" The question is answered in the affirmative. 

2. It is not perceived that the rights given upon enlistment by the war-risk 
act can be affected by the practice prevailing in the Army as to pay. 

Henry D. Lindsley, Director. 
(004.61, A. G. O.) 

Circular No. 161, March 31, 1919. 

war-risk insurance — preparation of notice of discharge (treasury depart- 
ment, B. W. R. I. form 333). 

In connection with Circular No. 57, War Department, 1919, many notices of 
discharge (Treasury Department, B. W. R. I., Form 333) have been received at 
the Bureau of War Risk Insurance on which the reason for discharge is not 
stated as required by paragraph 5 of the printed instructions on the back of 
the original form. It is not sufficient to state that the enlisted man was dis- 
charged in compliance with telegraphic instructions from The Adjutant Gen- 
eral of the Army, or in accordance with the provisions of any general or spe- 
cial order. The reason for discharge must be stated as required by paragraph 
5 of the instructions. 

The provisions of the second paragraph of Circular No. 57, War Department, 
1919, will be strictly complied with. (004.61, A. G. O.) 

(See Cirs. 57 and 220, W. D., 1919.) 



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CiECULAR No. 165, April 1, 1919. 

BECKUITING BY KEGULAE ARMY ORGANIZATIONS. 

The commanding officer of each camp, post, or station at which an organi- 
zation of the Regular Army is stationed will send out in the immediate vi- 
cinity of the camp, post, or station recruiting parties from such organizations 
for the purpose of securing recruits for assignment to the organizations. Men 
may be recruited also by such parties for other organizations at the place from 
which the parties are sent out. The provisions of Circulars Nos. 101 and 113, 
War Department, 1919, as amended, will be observed. 

Men accepted for enlistment by recruiting parties will be enlisted, if quali- 
fied, by the recruiting officer at the camp, post, or station from which the par- 
ties are sent out. 

In carrying on a recruiting campaign as indicated, commanding officers will 
cooperate whenever practicable with local recruiting officers of the general re- 
cruiting service. (343.2, A. G. O.) 

(See Cir. 101, W. D., 1919.) 

Circular No. 177, April 10, 1919. 

■EECllUITS TO CAREY OLD MODEL HAVERSACKS AND CANTEEN-HAVERSACK STRAPS 
WITH MESS EQUIPMENT. 

Recruits traveling from recruit depots to their organizations will carry old 
model haversacks and canteen-haversack straps with mess equipment. At 
recruit depots where the old model equipment is not available for this pur- 
pose, the new model equipment will be issued. 

Post, camp, and station supply officers will return to the nearest recruit 
depot, in such quantities as to make the shipment as economical as possible, 
•old model haversacks and canteen-haversack straps received with recruits. 
(426.4, A. G. O.) 

Circular No. 179, April 10, 1919. 
shoe fitting at eeceuiting depots. 
(See Bui. 16, W. D., 1919.) 

Cieculae No. 187, April 14, 1919. 

VICTORY BUTTONS. 

1. A lapel button to be known as the Victory button, for wear on civilian 
clothes, will be issued to all officers and enlisted men (excluding members of the 
Students' Army Training Corps), field clerks, and members of the Army Nurse 
Corps, who served honorably on active duty in the Army of the United States 
for a period of 15 days at any time between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 
1918. The button will be of silver for those wounded in action and bronze for 
all others. 

2. For the present the Victory button will be issued at time of honorable dis- 
charge to those entitled to it and to those who have already been honorably dis- 
charged. Later the button will be issued to all remaining in service entitled 
to it. 

3. Those who have been discharged before a supply of buttons was available 
lor issue may secure a button by mailing to the supply officer of the nearest 



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military post, camp, or station, including a recruiting station, their original dis- 
charge certificate or a true copy thereof prepared on the form provided for the 
purpose, or, in the case of officers to whom no discharge certificate was issued, 
their discharge order, or a true copy thereof. The true copy of a discharge 
certificate or of a discharge order must be executed by a civil officer empowered 
to administer oaths and be a full, literal, and complete copy of the original and 
contain all written or printed matter appearing on both sides of the discharge 
certificate or discharge order. The certificate of the civil officer must be in the 
following form: 

" I certify that the foregoing is a true and complete copy of the original dis- 
charge certificate (or discharge order) of 

and contains all written and printed matter 

appearing on both sides of the discharge certificate (or discharge order). 

" I further certify that I have indorsed on the original discharge certificate 
(or discharge order) over my signature the following in words and figures: 

True copy made by me (date), 191__, for purpose of securing a 

Victory button by mail." 

4. Necessary blank forms (Form No. 704, A. G. O., for enlisted men, and Form 
No. 704-1, A. G. O., for officers) for preparation of true copies of discharge cer- 
tificates will be furnished by the War Department and may be obtained when 
the supply is available from the supply officer of any military post, camp, or 
station, including a recruiting station. 

No blank form for preparation of true copies of officers' discharge orders will 
be furnished. 

5. When the supply officer issues a Victory button he will indorse on the dis- 
charge certificate, discharge order, or true copy of discharge certificate or dis- 
charge order the fact of issue and kind of button issued. 

6. Commanding officers will give this circular the widest publicity possible in 
the local press. (421, A. G. O.) 

(See Cirs. 206, 223, and 364, W. D., 1919.) 

CiBciiLAB No, 190, Apkil 15, 1919. 

NEW FORMS FOB ENLISTMENT PAPEE AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION FOE ENLISTMENT. 

New forms for Enlistment Paper (Form No. 22, A. G. O., Mar. 19, 1919), 
and Physical Examination for Enlistment (Form No. 135, A. G. O., Mar. 22, 
1939) have been prepared and distributed to the service. Upon receipt of new 
forms they will be used in lieu of the old forms for all enlistments for the 
Regular Army. (315, A. G. O.) 

CiEcuLAE No. 195, April 17, 1919. 

TRANSMISSION OF SERVICE RECORDS. 

Attention is directed to the fact that delay in the transmission of service 
records of enlisted men sent to demobilization camps for discharge retards 
demobilization. The service records must be transmitted with the men at the 
time of their transfer and only in the manner prescribed in paragraph 2, 
Instructions for Notation of Data on Service Record. This paragraph reads 
as follows: 

2. Forwarding to first stations. — * * * The service records will be turned 
over to the officer or noncommissioned officer or other enlisted man in command 
of the detachment. In case of a recruit traveling alone the service record will 



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be forwarded by mail, or when the mail service can not be depended upon, the 
service record will be placed in a sealed envelope with the pay card and given 
to the soldier. 

These instructions apply not only to forwarding the service record to first 
station, but also to transmitting the service record in all subsequent changes 
of station. (201.3, A. G. O.) 

CiBCULAK No. 197, Apeil 18, 1919. 

EEENIISTMENT OF NONCOMMISSIONia) OFFICERS. 

(See G. O. 97, W. D., 1919.) 

CiBCULAE No. 199, April 19, 1919. 

ASSIGNMENT OF RECRUITS. 

In order to insure the assignment within a reasonable period of time of all 
recruits who are reported to The Adjutant General of the Army for assign- 
ment in accordance with paragraph 6, Circular No. 101, War Department, 1919, 
commanding officers of posts, camps, and stations within the continental limits 
of the United States will submit a supplementary report, in case no orders of 
assignment for any or all of the recruits so reported are received within four 
weeks from the date of the original report. 

This supplementary report will include only those recruits who were reported 
for assignment four weeks previously and for whom no instructions as to their 
disposition or assignment have been received. In addition to the information 
called for in paragraph 6, Circular No. 101, War Department, 1919, it will 
contain sufficient information to identify the communication on which the men 
were originally reported. (343.2, A. G. O.) 

CiECULAB No. 201, Aprh. 19, 1919. 

EEENI.ISTMENT OF MEN ENLISTED UNDER ACT OF CONGRESS APPROVED AUGUST 24, 
1912 (BUL. NO. 15, W. D., 1912). 

1. Men who enlisted in the Regular Army between November 1, 1912, and 
October 31, 1916, both dates inclusive, and who have completed four years' 
continuous active service under such enlistment, may be reenlisted upon their 
own application under the provisions of the act of Congress approved February 
28, 1919. (Sec. II, Bui. No. 9, W. D., 1919.) 

2. All enlistments under this authority will be for a term of three years. 

3. In the event of such reenlistment, each man so reenlisted will receive a 
final discharge from his prior enlistment. However, the necessary precautions 
will be taken to insure reenlistment when discharge is given for that reason. 

4. Men reenlisted as herein provided may be kept upon their present duties 
until they can be spared or replaced. 

5. The bonus of $60 is payable to all men discharged under this authority. 
Three months' extra pay under the act of Congress approved May 11, 1908, is 
not payable upon reenlistment, nor is travel pay allowed. 

6. All previous instructions in conflict with the provisions of this circular 
are rescinded. (342.06, A. G. O.) 

(See Cirs. 240 and 265, W. D., 1919.) 



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Circular No. 204, April 21, 1919. 
errors in preparation of enlistment papers. 

1. In many cases sufficient care is not being taken in the preparation of en- 
listment papers (Form No. 22, A. G. O.), and other forms prepared in connec- 
tion with voluntary enlistments. The errors or omissions noted on papers re- 
ceived consist principally of the following: 

a. Army serial numbers omitted. 

&. When old Army serial numbers have been reassigned the prefix R omitted. 

c. Signature of applicant to declaration, or oath, or to both omitted. 

d. Signature of officer to attestation of oath or certificate of enlistment, or 
to both omitted. 

e. Term of enlistment, i. e., one year or three years, not clearly shown in 
declaration or oath, or in both. 

f. Signature of applicant not legibly written, 

g. Name as shown in brief, oath, or certificate not the same as applicant's 
signature. 

2. In preparing these papers if doubt exists as to the spelling of the name of 
the applicant, he should be questioned, the correct spelling ascertained and 
care exercised that the name appears uniformly in each place on the forms. 

3. In some cases pay cards have been forwarded to The Adjutant General 
of the Army. Care will be taken that forms are disposed of only as pre- 
scribed by instructions. 

4. Commanding officers of posts, camps, and stations at which enlistments 
are made will take the necessary steps to require that enlistment papers and 
forms are correctly prepared in all details. (342.05, A. G. O.) 

Circular No. 206, April 22, 1919. 

victory buttons — amendment to circular no. 1s7, war department, 1919. 

Paragraph 1, Circular No. 187, War Department, 1919, is amended to read as 
follows : 

1. A lapel button to be known as the Victory button, for wear on civilian 
clothes, will be issued to all officers, enlisted men, field clerks, and members 
of the Army Nurse Corps, who served on active duty in the Ai-my of the 
United States at any time bfetween April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918, and 
whose service was honorable. The button will be silver for those wounded in 
action and bronze for all others. (421, A. G. O.) 

(See also Cirs. 187, 223, 364, and 428, W. D., 1919.) 

Circular No. 213, April 28, 1919. 
interpretation of circular no. 77, war department, 1918. 

1. It has been brought to the attention of the War Department by the De- 
partment of Agriculture that some commanding officers do no construe the pro- 
visions of paragraph 1, Circular No. 77, War Department, 1918, which read, 
" When he is needed to resume employment in an industry or occupation In 
which there is urgent need of his services," to include farming. 

It is the intention of the War Department that farming be considered, for 
the purposes of this circular, to be on the same plane with all other industries 
or occupations of the country. 



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2. The attention of all concerned is especially directed to the fact that it is 
not the policy of the War Department, in applying the provisions of Circular 
No. 77, War Deparment, 1918, to consider a general shortage of labor in any 
industry or in any section of the country a determining factor in establishing 
the eligibility of an individual for discharge, except only in so far as such a 
general condition can be shown to fix the need of the individual concerned for 
the purpose for which his discharge is sought. Each application for discharge 
under this circular should be considered from the standpoint of its relative 
merit with other applications of men in the same organization. 

3. It should be clearly understood that it is the policy of the War Depart- 
ment to discharge every man enlisted or drafted for the emergency, if eligible 
for discharge, as soon as he can be spared, regardless of whether or not his 
case comes within the provisions of Circular No. 77, War Department, 1918, 
provided he can not be used under existing authority to release another man 
who is eligible for discharge under this circular. 

Therefore, in effect, Circular No. 77, War Department, 1918, as amended and 
interpreted, should serve only to establish the order in which men drafted or 
enlisted for the emergency should be discharged. (220.81, A. G. O.) 

CiECULAE No. 219, April 29, 1919. 

DESIGNATION OF POINTS SELECTED FOB CONCENTRATION OF MEN ENLISTED FOE 
SERVICE IN THE CANAL ZONE, HAWAII, AND THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 

1. For convenience of designation, men enlisted for service in the Canal 
Zone who, under previous instructions, have been ordered sent to Camp 
Shelby, Miss., for subsequent transportation to the Canal Zone, and those en- 
listed for service in Hawaii and the Philippine Islands who, under previous 
instructions, have been ordered sent to the Presidio of San Francisco, Calif., 
for subsequent transportation to Hawaii and the Philippines, respectively, will 
be transferred by the officer sending them as follows : 

a. Those enlisted for service in the Canal Zone to the Panama Replacement 
Detachment, Camp Shelby, Miss. 

b. Those enlisted for service in Hawaii or the Philippine Islands to the 
Hawaiian Replacement Detachment or Philippine Replacement Detachment, 
Presidio of San Francisco, Calif. 

2. The commanding officers of Camp Shelby, Miss., and Presidio of San 
Francisco, Calif., will exercise their discretion as to the details of organiza- 
tion of these replacement detachments. (341.3, A. G. O.) 

(See Cirs. 30 and 397, W. D., 1919.) 

Circular No. 220, April 29, 1919. 

RECRUITMENT AND ASSIGNMENT OF RECRUITS AMENDMENT TO CIRCULAR NO. 101, 

WAR DEPARTMENT, 1919. 

Paragraphs 4 and 6, Circular No. 101, War Department, 1919, requiring that 
enlisted men who are not assigned at the post, camp, or station at which en- 
listed be reported to The Adjutant General of the Army for assignment, are 
amended so as to provide that those men enlisted in the Panama Canal, 
Hawaiian, and Philippine Departments and not assigned be reported to the 
appropriate department commander for assignment instead of to The Adju- 
tant General of the Army. These men will be assigned by the department com- 
mander to organizations under his command where their services may be re- 
quired. In case men are reported for branches of the service in which there 



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are no vacancies in the department, tliey will be reported by tbe department 
commander to The Adjutant General of the Army, as prescribed in paragraph 
6, Circular No. 101, War Department, 1919, for assignment elsewhere. (343.2, 
A. G. O.) 

CiECULAE No. 221, Apkil 29, 1919. 

TRANSPORTATION REQUESTS OF RECRUITS SENT TO CAMP MEADE, MD. 

It has been brought to the attention of the War Department that in many 
cases transportation requests showing Odenton, Md., or Annapolis Junction, Md., 
as the final destination are issued to recruits sent to Camp Meade, Md. The 
transportation requests of recruits or others to be sent to Camp Meade should 
show Camp Meade, Md., as the final destination. (513.1, A. G. O.) 

Circular No. 223, April 29, 1919. 

vactory buttons — amendment to circular no. 187, war department, 1919. 

Paragraph 3, Circular No. 187, War Department, 1919, is amended so as to 
provide that true copies of discharge certificates or discharge orders may be 
executed by Army officers on duty at educational institutions. (421, A. G. O.) 

(See Cirs. 187, 206, 364, and 428, W. D., 1919.) 

Circular No. 224, April 29, 1919. 

enlistment and assignment of men for service with the american expedi- 
tionary forces. 

The following instructions, communicated to certain commanders by night let- 
ter dated March 29, 1919, and by letters dated March 31, 1919, and April 21, 
3919, from The Adjutant General of the Army (342 Enl.), are published for the 
information and guidance of all concerned : 

1. It is desired to enlist immediately 50,000 men for service in the American 
Expeditionary Forces. 

2. Recruiting officers and commanding officers of posts, camps, and stations 
at which recruiting is authorized are authorized to enlist men for this service 
under the following special conditions : 

a. Only white men will be enlisted. 

b. Enlistments will be for a period of three years. 

c. Acceptances will be limited to Infantry, Cavalry, Field Artillery, Corps of 
Engineers, and Medical Department. 

d. Men eligible for discharge and reenlistment under existing instructions 
may also be reenlisted under this authority. Such men may be retained after 
reenlistment on their present duty until they can be spared or replaced. 

3. The following notation will be made on the enlistment papers and service 
records of men enlisted for this purpose : " Enlisted with view to service with 
American Expeditionary Forces." 

4. Men enlisted under this authority for the service indicated will be sent to 
the oversea replacement depot, Camp Meade, Md., after the commanding gen- 
eral of this camp has been notified of the number to be sent and information has 
been received that he is ready to receive them. 



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5. Men reenlisted under this authority may be granted reenlistment fur- 
loughs under tlie provisions of paragraph 6, Circular No. 113, War Department, 
1919. Men granted such furloughs will be directed to report on expiration of 
the furlough to the comninnding general, Camp Meade, Md., if this is more con- 
venient to the soldier. In these cases the service records will be sent without 
delay to the commanding general, Camp Meade, so that he may have information 
of the number of soldiers so ordered to report. 

6. Officers enlisting men under this authority will make daily telegraphic re- 
ports to The Adjutant General of the Army (attention room 46), stating the 
number of enlistments, with arms of the service for which enlisted. No report 
is necessary when no enlistments are made. This report is in addiuon to those 
required by previous instructions. The daily report of enlistments- on Form 
No. 6S4, A. G. O., will be made for all enlistments under this authority and will 
accompany tlie enlistment papers. Reports for assignment as prescribed in 
paragraph 6, Circular No. 101, War Department, 1919, need not be made. 

(342, A. G. O.) 
(See Cirs. 260, 314, 324, and 415, W. D., 1919.) 

Circular No. 226, April 30, 1919. 

WAR-RISK INSURANCE— PREPARATION OF NOTICE OF DISCHARGE (TREASURY DEPART- 
MENT. B. W. R. I., FORM 333). 

1. The Treasury Department has recently brought to the attention of the 
War Department the fact that the Bureau of War Risk Insurance can not 
promptly discontinue the payment of allotments and family allowances upon 
the discharge of enlisted men from the Army for the reason that Notices of 
Discharge (Treasury Department, B. W. R. I., Form 333) are not being re- 
<:eived from the Army promptly and in such shape that they can be immediately 
acted upon. As a result of the inability to so discontinue the allotments and 
family allowances, the bureau is paying to the allottees large sums which other- 
wise are unauthorized and which it will be difficult, if not impossible, to 
recover. 

2. Many men are now being discharged, in whose cases no notification of 
discontinuance of allotments are being received by the Bureau of War Risk 
Insurance or by the Zone Finance Officer as called for in Circulars Nos. 73 
and 85, War Department, 1918. and Circulars Nos. 57 and 161. War Depart- 
ment, 1919. 

The Notice of Discharge (Treasury Department, B. W. R. I., Form 333) 
■covers insurance and class A and B allotments. This form should be promptly 
forwarded to the Bureau of War Risk Insurance in each case of a man dis- 
charged, and will be checked by both the organization icommander and per- 
sonnel adjutant prior to being forwarded to the bureau. 

Notification of discontinuance of class E allotments, including Liberty bond 
allotments, will be made out on Q. M. C. Form 39, and will be sent directly 
to the Zone Finance Officer, Washington, D. C. 

In case any doubt may arise as to the class of allotment a man may be 
paying (whether A, B, or E), both forms will be made out and sent to the 
proper offices. 

3. The attention of all concerned is directed to the fact that in case of dis- 
charge of officers, the Notice of Discharge is required in order to give proper 
notice to the Insurance Division of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance. In 
this case the word " none " should be written in the allotment column on the 
form. 

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4. The original and diipllcate of the Notice of Discharge must not he sepa- 
rated but both forwarded to the Bureau of War Risk Insurance, where they 
are separated. In numerous cases the duplicates of this form are being received 
by the Bureau of War Risk Insurance on which the names and Army serial 
numbers of the men are not shown, and it is believed that this omission on 
the duplicates is due to the improper placing of the carbon at the time these 
forms are prepared. The necessary check will be made of the duplicate sheet 
of the form as well as of the original. 

5. In connection with these instructions, attention is directed to Circulars 
Nos. 73 and 85, War Department, 1918; Circulars Nos. 57 and 161, War De- 
partment, 1919; and paragraph 1353, Army Regulations. The result desired 
is that the Notice of Discharge be correctly made out so as to contain all neces- 
sary information, and be mailed promptly to the Bureau of War Risk Insurance, 
AVashington, D. C, in case of every officer and enlisted man. 

6. The commanding officer of every post, camp, or station is enjoined to see 
that all concerned under his jurisdiction are thoroughly informed of these in- 
structions. On receipt of this circular he will take all measures necessary, 
including a thorough inspection, and such further inspections from time to 
time as may be necessary, to insure that these instructions are carried out 
strictly and that the reports in question are made out correctly and mailed 
promptly to the Bureau of War Risk Insurance, Washington. D. C. as required. 
(220.81, A. G. O.) 

(See Cir. 66, W. D., 1919.) 

Circular No. 227. May 1, 1919. 

knt.tstment of minors. 

In connection with paragraph 850, Army Regulations, as changed, tlie follow- 
ing instructions relative to the enlistment of minors are pul)lislied for the in- 
formation and guidance of all concerned: 

1. No applicant will be accepted for enlistment or enlisted until he has proven 
to the complete satisfaction of the recruiting officer that he has reached the 
age of 18 years. The proof required will be the birth certificate, baptismal 
record or school certificate, or in case such proof is not available an affidavit 
of the parent or guardian with legal evidence of guardianship. The recruiting 
officer will satisfy himself as to the genuineness of all evidence, and will for- 
ward it with the enlistment paper to The Adjutant General of the Army. When 
it is not practicable to forward the original evidence true copies will be for- 
warded. Every possible effort will be made in all cases to communicate with 
parents or guardians and obtain from them the proper evidence, as it is from 
them that requests for discharge of the minor are ordinarily received. 

2. When evidence as prescribed in the preceding paragraph is not obtainable 
the registration card of persons registered under the Selective Service Regula- 
tions may be accepted as evidence of age. 

8. When no evidence of any kind is available, due to death of both parents 
or there being no guardian, special authority to enlist in each case must be 
(btained from The Adjutant General of the Army. 

4. Enlistment of minors under 18 years of age is not authorized under any 
conditions. That part on the reverse side of the enlistment paper (Form No. 
22, A. G. O.) under the caption " Consent in case of minor under 18 years" will 
not be used. This was Included in printing the form in case there should be 
need of it in the future. (342.1, A. G. O.) 



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Circular No. 228, May 1, 1919. 
continuance of warrants. 

1. The authority granted in current regulations and instructions for the con- 
tinuance of the warrants of noncoiuiuissioned officers upon reenlistment under 
certain prescribed conditions, is to be construed as extending to reenlistment 
in the several arms, staff corps, and departments whose enlisted personnel 
must, under the provisions of Circular No. 141, War Department, 1919, be en- 
listed in another arm, staff corps, or department with a view to immediate 
ti'ansfer. 

2. The sole effect of these instructions is to bridge the gap during which 
such men are not in the arm, staff" corps or department to which they are to 
lie transferred. Previous instructions limiting the continuance of warrants 
remain unchanged. (342.06, A. G. O.) 

(See Cirs. 141 and 197, W. D., 1919.) 

CiKCUi.AK No. 234. May 1, 1919. 

ASSIGNA[KNT Ol' MEN ENLISTED FOR THE TANK CORPS. 

Men enlisted for ser\ ice in the Tank. Corps will be sent, as soon as they be- 
<-ome available for assignment, to Camp Meade, Md., for assignment to a Tank 
Corps organization thereat. Such men will not be reported to The Adjutant 
Ceneral of the Army for assignment. (342, A. G. O.) 

Circular No. 236. May 2, 1919. 

SPECIFICATIONS FOR CAVALRY RECRUITS. 

TJie maximum limitations as to height and weight for Cavalry recruits will 
be as prescribed in Recruiting Circular No. 2, War Department, 1916. Special 
Kegulations No. 65, War Department, 1918, revised, will govern for other 
standards. (341.41, A. G. O.) 

Circular No. 239, May 3, 1919. 



POWER TO REENLIST IN CERTAIN CASES. 

The following decisions, relative to the power to reenlist soldiers under special 
conditions, are published for the information and guidance of all concerned : 

1. A soldier who enlisted between November 1, 1912, and October 31, 1916, both 
dates inclusive, who has been furlouffhed to the Army Reserve after completing 
four years' continuous active service, may be reenlisted for one or three years, 
and upon such reenlistment should receive his discharge from his prior enlist- 
ment. The policy of the War Department is to reenlist such men only for a 
Iieriod of three years, and until further orders this policy will be strictly 
observed. 

2. A soldier, enlisted as in paragraph 1, who has been discharged through 
error, may be reenlisted for one or three years; in this case his discharge, 
although contrary to law. is considered to effect his complete separation from 
ihe service, and he can not be comi)elled to return to service to complete his 
original enlistment. 



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3. A soldier, enlisted as in paragraph 1, who, having completed three years' 
continuous active service, has been furloughed to the Regular Army Reserve 
through error upon the demobilization of his organization, may not be reenlisted 
before the expiration of his seven-year term, unless the Secretary of War shall 
first direct his discharge for the convenience of the Government, or else unless 
he is restored to an active-duty status and completes the four years' continuous 
service required for such reenlistment. In the latter case this restoration should 
not be made unless the error was made by the military authorities, causing him 
to be furloughed to the Reserve without his application or consent.; in the event 
of such restoration, when he shall have served the additional time necessary 
to complete his four years' active service, his four years' service sliall be deemed 
continuous, the interruption of active service due to his being furloughed to the 
Reserve without his consent affecting the continuity thereof only in so far as 
to require him to serve long enough to complete a total of four years, exclusive 
of such interruption. Until further orders men reenlisted under the provisions 
of this paragraph will be reenlisted for a period of three years. 

4. A soldier, enlisted between November 1, 1912. and October 31, 1916, both 
dates inclusive, who has been furloughed to the Reserve, under the provisions 
of Circular No. 16. War Department, 1919, after completing more than three and 
Jess than four years' continuous service under such enlistment, may not be 
reenlisted prior to the expiration of his term of enlistment unless he is first 
discharged by order of the Secretary of War for the convenience of the Govern- 
ment. He may, however, be restored upon his own application to active service 
sind complete his seven-year term of enlistment. 

5. A soldier, enlisted between November 1, 1916, and April 1. 1917, both dates 
inclusive, who has been furloughed after less than three years' continuous 
service to the Reserve, under the provisions of Circular No. 35, War Department, 
1919, may not be reenlisted prior to the expiration of his term of enlistment 
except under the following conditions : 

a. Provided that he is first discharged by order of the Secretary of War, for 
the convenience of the Government, or 

b. Provided that he be restored, upon his own application, to active service 
under his present enlistment, and shall have completed three years' continuous 
service thereunder. 

Until further orders men reenlisted under the provisions of this paragraph 
will be reenlisted for a period of three years. (326.1. A. G. O.) 
(SeeCir. 265. W. D., 1919.) 

Circular No. 240, May 5. 1919. 

reenlistment of men enlisted under act of congress approved august 2 4. 
ini2 — amendment to circular no. 201, war department, 1919. 

Men discharged and reenlisted under the provisions of Circular No. 201. War 
Department, 1919, are entitled to the furlough privilege prescribed in paragraph 
6, Circular No. 113, War Department, 1919. (342.06. A. G. O.) 

(SeeCir. 113. W. D.. 1919.) 

Circular No. 246, May 10: 1919. 

RECRUITING SERVICE BRASSARDS. 

Men on recruiting duty are authorized to wear a brassard of dark blue cloth 
Si inches wide on which will be superimposed in 1 inch block letters of white 
cloth the words " Recruiting Service." (421.6, A. G. O.) 



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CiKCULAK No. 247, May 10, 1919. 

PHYSICAL ELIGIBILITY OF ENLISTED MEN OF REGULAR ARMY FOR FURLOXTGH TO 
THE RESERVE. 

1. Only those men will be furloughed to the Reserve under the provisions of 
Circulars Nos. 16 and 35, War Department, 1919, who are physically eligible 
for discharge under the provisions of subparagraphs b and c, paragraph 1, 
Circular No. 86, War Department, 1918, and Circular No. 93. War Department, 
1918. 

2. Men eligible for furlough to the Reserve under the provisions of Circulars 
Nos. 16 and 35, War Department. 1919, but who are physically ineligible under 
the provisions of Circulars Nos. 86 and 93, War Department, 1918, will, if their 
disabilities are curable, be furloughed to the Reserve when cured. Men suffer- 
ing from incurable disabilities will be discharged on surgeon's certificates of 
disability when the points of maximum improvement in their cases are 
reached. (326.1, A. G. O.) 

(See Cir. 261, W. D., 1919.) 

Circular No. 250, May 13 .1919. 

ENLISTMENT OF MUSICIANS. 

1. General recruiting officers may accept for enlistment, and the recruiting 
officers of all posts, camps, and stations where recruiting is authorized, may 
enlist musicians for special assignment to any Regular Army band within a 
radius of 1,000 miles. 

2. Telegraphic report of such men enlisted, stating the band for which 
enlisted, will be made to The Adjutant General of the Army, attention roon> 
336. This report will be made on the day on which any such men are enlisted. 

3. The Regular Army bands now in the United States, with the station of 
each, are as follows: 

Coast Artillery Corps. 

1st. Fort Moultrie, Moultrieville, S. C. 
2d. Fort Williams, Cape Cottage, Me. 
3d. Fort Winfield Scott, Calif. 

4tb. Fort Monroe, Fort Monroe, Va. 

6th. Fort Casey, Wash. 

7th. Fort Adams, Newport, R. I. 

8th. Fort Barrancas, Fla. 
10th. Fort Andrews, Mass. 

11th. Fort H. G. Wright, Fishermans Island, N. Y. 
12th. Fort Totten, Long Island, N. Y. 
14th. Fort Screvens, Ga. 

15tb. Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, N. Y. ' 

17th. Fort Hancock, N. J. 
18th. Fort Du Pont, Delaware City, Del. ' 

Field Artillery. '_ 

1st Regiment. Fort Sill, Okla. 
2d Regiment. Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky. 
4th Regiment. Camp Stanley, Tex. 



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9tli Regiment. Fort Sill, Oljla. 
14tli Regiment. Fort Sill, Okla. 
81st Regiment. C;nnp Knox, Louisville, Ky. 

82(1 Regiment. Fort Bliss, El Paso, Tex. 
^3(1 Regiment. Camp Knox. Louisville, Ky. 

Cavalry. 

l.«t Regiment. Douglas, Ariz. 

4tli Regiment. Fort Ringgold, Rio Grande City. Tex. 

5tli Regiment. Fort Bliss, Tex. 

7th Regiment. Fort Bliss, Tex. 

9th Regiment. IMarfa, Tex. 

lOfh Kegimenr. Forr fluadiuca. Ariz. 

lUh Regiment. Fort Myer, Va. 

12tli Regiment. Columbus, N. Mex. 

LStli Regiment. Fort Clark, Tex. 

14tli Regiment. Fort Sam Houston. Tex. 

IGtli Regiment. Brownsville, Tex. 

Disriplinori/ Rands. 

1st. U. S. Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, Kans. 

2d. U. S. Discii)linary Barracks (Pacific Branch). Alcatraz, Calif. 

3d. U. S. Disci|)Iinary Barracks (Atlantic Branch), Fort .Tay. N. Y. 

Corps of Engineers. 

The Engineer Band. Washington Barracks. D. C. 
5th Regiment. Camp A. A. Humphreys, Accotink, Va. 

Infantry. 

1st Regiment. Camp Lewis, American Lake, Wash. 

2d Regiment. Camp Dodge, Iowa. 

Sd Regiment. Eagle Pass, Tex. 

5th Regiment. Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky. 

10th Regiment. Camp Custer, Mich. 

I2tli Regiment. Camp Stuart, Va. 

13th Regiment. Camp Merritt, N. J.— 15th Brigade, 8th Division. 

14th Regiment. Camp Grant, 111. 

17tli Regiment. Camp Meade, Md. 

19th Regiment. Douglas, Ariz. 

2()th Regiment. Fort Riley, Kans. 

21st Regiment. Fort George Wright, Spokane, Wash. 

22(1 Regiment. Fort .lay. Governors Island, N. Y. 

24th Regiment. Columbus, N. Mex. 

2iith Regiment. Nogales, Ariz. 

29th Regiment. Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Miss. 

32(1 Regiment. Camp Kearny, Calif. 

35th Regiment. Camp Travis. Tex. 

3()th Regiment. Camp Devens, Mass. 

3Tth Regiment. Fort Mcintosh, Laredo, Tex. 

40th Regiment. Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio. 



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41st Kogiiiit'iit. Camp Funston, Kaiis. 

42(3 Regiment. Camp Upton, Long Island, N. Y. 

43(1 Regiment. Camp Travis, Tex. 

44tli Regiment. Presidio of San Francisco, Calif. 

45th Regiment. Camp Gordon, Ga. 

46th liegiment. Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. 

4Sth Regiment. Camp Jackson, S. C 

40th Regiment. Fort Leavenworth, Kans. 

50th Regiment. Camp DLx, N. J. 

57th Regiment. Camp Pike, Ark. 

G2d Regiment. Camp Lee, Va. 

<33d Regiment. East Potomac Barracks, Washington, D. C, (341.3, A. G. O.) 

(See Cirs. 262, 281, 418, and 427, W. D., 1919.) 

CiRCtTLAB No. 254, May 14, 1919. 

ACTION ON APPLICATIONS FOR DISCHARGE OR FURLOUGH TO THE RESERVE — RESCIS- 
SION OF CIRCULAR NO. 40, WAR DEPARTMENT, 1919. 

Circular No. 40, War Department, 1919, is rescinded and the following sub- 
stituted therefor: 

In connection with Circular No. 77, War Department, 1918, as supplemented 
by Circular No. 6, War Department, 1919, and Circular No. 16, War Department, 
1919, as extended by Circular No. 55, War Department, 1919, in all cases when 
the application of an enlisted man for discharge, or furlough to the Reserve, has 
been disapproved by a subordinate commanding officer, the application will be 
forwarded to the next higher conunaiidei-. Disapproval will he considered as 
the final action thereon only wiien tlie :ipiiIic;irion is disapproved by the com- 
mander who under the provisions of paragrai)!i 1. (Circular No. 77, War Depart- 
ment, 1918, or Circular No. 16, War Department. 1919. ms extended by Circular 
No. 5.5, War Department, 1919, is nuthori/.c.l to frfcct sncli discharge, or fur- 
lough to the Reserve. 

These instructions will lie lirouglit to liie .-itleniion of all concerned and 
■connuanding officers will tr": • llie necessary steiis to determine from time to 
time that they are strictly adlicred to. (220.81, A. G. O.) 

CiKCULAK No. 2.55, May 14, 1919. 

MISINFORMATION HliGAItDlNG rUULOUGH TO THF, KESLRVE. 

1. It has been brought to the attention of the War Department that in certain 
places enlisted men have been misinformed to the effect that in all cases men 
enlisted prior to April 2, 1917, would be retained on active service until the 
expiration of their full enlistment period of seven years. 

2. This is not tlie policy of the War Department. For the piesent the services 
of such men are needed, but as soon as they can be spared, it is the intention 
to furlough to the Reserve all of them who do nut desire to i-eenlist and who 
shall have completed the prescribed pei'iod of active service of three or fthir 
years, as the case may be. 

3. The commanding officers of all posts, camps, and stations will requir«J 
that this circular be read to all enlisted men in their command.?. (326.1, 
A. G. O.) 



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CiECULAB No. 259, May 17, 1919. 

ENLISTMENT OF DISCHARGED TEMPORARY OFFICERS. 

Before an applicant for enlistment under the provisions of Circular No. ISO, 
War Department, 1918, is rejected, paragraph 2 of that circular must be com- 
plied with. (342.12, A. G. O.) 

(See Cir. 130, W. D., 1918.) 

Circular No. 260, May 17, 1919. 
discontinuance of enlistments for cavalry for american expeditionary 

FORCES. 

In connection with subparagraph c, paragraph 2, Circular No. 224, War De- 
partment, 1919, enlistments for Cavalry only in the American Expeditionary 
Forces will be discontinued. (341.1, A. G. O.) 

Circular No. 261, May 20, 1919. 

transfer of men for furlough to the reserve. 

Enlisted men of the Regular Army who are to be furloughed to the Reserve 
under the provisions of Circulars Nos. 16 and 35, War Department, 1919, as 
supplemented by Circulars Nos. 55, 72, and 247, War Department, 1919, will be 
sent for furlough to the demobilization centers to which they would be sent 
under the provisions of current War Department instructions for discharge if 
eligible therefor. 

Men may be furloughed to the Reserve at their " present stations," however, 
in cases where their tranfer to a demobilization center for furlough would 
cause undue distress or hardship, (326.1, A. G. O.) 

(See Cirs. 16, 55, and 72, W. D., 1919.) 

Circular No. 262, May 20, 1919. 
enlistment of musicians — amendment to circular no. 250, war department, 

1919. 

Paragraph 3, Circular No. 250, War Department, 1919, is amended so as to 
show the station of the 6th Band, Coast Artillery Corps, as Fort Worden, 
Wash., and the station of the 10th Band, Coast Artillery Corps, as Fort Warren, 
Mass. (322, A. G. O.) 

Circular No, 265, May 20, 1919. 

beenlistment of men enlisted prior to april 2, 1917. 

1. Circulars Nos, 201 and 239, War Department, 1919, are amended so as to 
remove the restrictions requiring that men enlisted in the Regular Army prior 
to April 2, 1917, be reenlisted only for a period of three years. 

2. Hereafter men who enlisted in the Regular Army prior to April 2, 1917, 
and who, under current instructions, are eligible for reenlistment, tnay be re- 
enlisted for either one or three years at the option of the applicant. 



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3. Nothing in tliese instructions, Iiowever, is to be construed as removing tlie 
restrictions placed upon enlistments for special purposes, such as oversea duty. 
(342.02, A. G. O.) 

CiKCtiLAR No. 2G6, May 21, 1919. 

ENLISTMENT OF ALIENS. 

Hereafter the enlistment of aliens will be governed by the provisions of para- 
graph 846, Array Regulations. Instructions heretofore given not in accordance 
with the provisions of that paragraph are revoi^ed. (342.18, A. G. O.) 

(See Cir. 382.) 

CiRCULAB No. 267, May 21, 1919. 

DISCHARGE OF ENLISTED MEN FOB BELIEF OF FAMILY OR tTKOENT NEED IN INDUSTRfAL 
WORK— AMENDMENT TO CIRCULAR NO. 77, WAR DEPARTMENT, 1018. 

Paragraph 3, Circular No. 77, War Department, 191S, is amended to read 
as follows: 

3. Application for discharge under the provisions of this circular will be 
made in each individual case by the soldier concerned and rhrough his im- 
mediate commanding oflicer. No man who voluntarily enlisted prior to April 
2, 1917, or since February 28, 1919, will be discharged under this authority. 
Such enlisted men of the Regular Army will be discharged only as prescribed 
in Army Regulations. (201, A. G. O.) 

Circular No. 268, May 22, 1919. 

NOTATION ON ENLISTMENT PAPER. 

1. In connection with Circular No. 141, War Department, 1919, proper nota- 
tion is not being made on the enlistment paper (Form No. 22, A. G. O.) to 
indicate the special service to which a man is to be assigned under the terms 
of his enlistment after being enlisted in an authorized arm, corps, or depart- 
ment of the service. 

2. Hereafter in the cases of men enlisted in an authorized arm, corps, or 
department of the service for assignment to a special service, appropriate 
notation will be entered in the fourth line of the enlistment paper (Form No. 
22, A. G. O.) in the space provided for notation of the company and regiment 
or arm or corps or department as follows: 

In Infantry for Motor Transport Corps. 

In Infantry for Tank Corps. 

In Infantry for Air Service. 

In Quartermaster Corps for Construction Division. 

In Medical Department for Veterinary Corps. 

In Medical Department for Dental Corps. (342.05, A. G. O.) 

(See Cir. 293. W. D., 1919.) 

Circular No. 271, May 23, 1919. 
discontinuance of enlistments for colored cavalry in the philippine 

ISLANDS. 

Enlistments of colored men for Cavalry in the Philippine Islands will be dis- 
continued at once. Qualified applicants already accepted at general recruit- 
ing stations may be enlisted. (341.3, A. G. O.) 



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Circular No. 281, May 31, 1919. 

musicians for tank corps band amendment to circular no. 250, war 

department, 1919. 

Circular Xo. 250, War Depnrtiuent, 1919. as amended by Circular No. 2G2, 
War Department, 1919, is further amended by adding the following paragraph: 

4. In addition to the Regular Army hands enumerated in paragraph 3, enlist- 
4uents are also authorized under the conditions prescribed in paragraph 1 for 
the Tank Corps Band, Franklin Cantonment. Canfp Meade, Md. (322.999, 
A. G. O.) 

Circular No. 2S5, June 3, 1919. 

IMMUNIZATION OF RECRUITS. 

i. In ordei' to carry out the present policy of the early replacement where^ 
jjossible of men who entered the service for the period of the emergency by 
men enli.sted under the provisions of the act of Congress dated February 28, 
1919, the departure of recruits from recruit depots or stations where enlisted, 
for permanent stations or oversea replacement depots, will be expedited wher- 
-ever possible. 

2. In cases where the completion of the recruit's typhoid immunization at the 
recruit depot or station where enlisted will delay his departure therefrom, he 
will be forwarded to an oversea replacement depot or to his permanent station, 
iis the case nfay be, prior to the completion of the immunization. In such 
cases this immunization will be completed at the oversea replacement depot, 
■or at the station in the United States to which the man is assigned, as the case 
may be. 

3. Attention is directed to paragraph 187, Manual for the Medical Depart- 
ment, as changed by C. M. M. D. No. 6. The provisions of this paragraph are 
modified so as to prescribe that the duplicate of the Incomplete vaccination 
<:'ard will be transmitted with the soldier's service record to the oversea re- 
placement depot or permanent station, as the case may be. Upon its receipt 
at the oversea replacement depot or pernfanent station the duplicate will be 
transmitted to the depot or station surgeon. (720.4. A. G. O.) 

Circular No. 293, June 5, 1919. 

DESIGNATION OF AIR-SERVICE RECRUITS — AMENDMENT TO CIRCULAR NO. 268, WAR 
DEP.\RTMENT, 1919. 

1, Recruits for the Air Service, when reported to The Adjutant General of 
the Army for assignment, w^ill be designated as follows : 

Those who desire service in the lighter-than-air branch as " Air Service, 
Balloon." 

Those who desire service in the heavier-than-air branch as "Air Service." 

2. Paragraph 2. Circular No. 268, War Department, 1919, is amended so as 
to provide that, in the cases of men enlisted in the Infantry for assignment to 
the Air Service, proper notation will be made on their enlistment papers (Form 
No. 22, A. G. O.), designating the branch of the Air Service to which they 
<le?ire assignment. (343.2. A. G. O.) 



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Circular No. 297, June 9, 1919. 
discontinuance ok enlistments fok coast artillery corps in hawaii. 

Enlistments in tlie Coast Artillery Corps for service in Hawaii will be dis- 
continued at once. Qualified applicants already accepted at general recruiting 
stations may be enlisted. (341.3, A. G. O.) 

Circular No. 302, .Iunk U, 1919. 

reknlistment of temporary noncommissioned officers in staff corps and 
departments in same grades. 

Men who have enlisted since Ai)ril 1, 1917. now holding temporary warrants 
as noncommissioned officers in staff corps or departments, and whom it is de- 
sirable to retain in the position held by them at time of discharge, may be 
reenlisted and liave their temporary warrants continued in force until the 
termination of the present emergency. It will be carefully explained to each 
man before reenlisting that the warrant is only for the period of the emergency, 
and that permanent appointment will depend upon prescribed examinations and 
existing vacancies under the oi-ganization prescribed by law for the permanent 
forces. (342.06, A. G. O.) 

Circular No. 310, June 17, 1919. 

DISCONTIiVUANCE OF ENLISTMENTS FOK CAVALRY IN HAWAII. 

Eidistments for Cavalry in Hawaii will be discontinued at once. Qualified 
applicants already accepted at general recruiting stations may be enlisted. 
(342.1, A. G. O.) 

(See Cir. 355, W. D.. 1919.) 

C1RCU1.AR No. 311, June 19, 1919. 

ENLISTMENTS FOR SERVICE IN .\LASKA. 

Recruiting officers at all recruiting stations, and at posts, camps, and sta- 
tions at which recruiting offices are established, are authorized to accept for 
enlistment and enlist men in the Infantry for service hi Alaska. Such enlist- 
ments will be for a period of three .vears. 

Upon enlistment men enlisted for service in .\laska will be sent with the least 
practicable delay by their respective commanding officers to Vancouver Bar- 
racks. Wash., for assignment to the 21st Infantry. (343.12, A. G. O.) 

Circular No. 314, June 21, 1919. 

locator cards for recruits ordered to oversea replacement depots. 

1. In order that the conunanding officers of the Oversea Replacement Depot 
and several oversea replacement detachments may have a complete record of 
men ordered to report at the depot or detachments, a 3 by 5 inch locator card 
will be pi'epared for each man enlisted for oversea service who takes advantage 
of a 30-day (or other) furlough. (Cirs. Nos. 113 and 224, W. D., 1919.) 

2. This card will be pn^pared at the time the soldier reenlists and will con- 
tain the following information : 

a. Name and Army serial number. 



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b. Date and place of enlistment, and by whom enlisted. 

c. Grade and arm of the service. 

d. Name and address of nearest relative. 

e. Date furlough expires and place at which ordered to report upon expira- 
tion of furlough. 

f. Service for which enlisted (e. g., Siberia, Hawaii). 
3. These cards will be promptly mailed as follows : 

a. In the cases of men enlisted for service in the American Expeditionary 
Forces, to the commanding officer, the Oversea Replacement Depot, Camp 
Meade, Md. 

b. Those enlisted for service in the Canal Zone to the commanding officer, 
Panama Replacement Detachment, Camp Shelby, Miss. 

c. Those enlisted for service in Siberia, the Philippine Islands, or Hawaii, to 
the commanding officer, Siberian, Philippine, or Hawaiian Replacement Detach- 
ment, Presidio of San Francisco, Calif., as the case may be. 

d. Those enlisted for service in Alaska, to the commanding officer Vancouver 
Barracks, Wash. (201.3, A. G. O.) 

Circular No. 316, June 23, 1919. 
enlistments fob organizations on the mexican border. 

1. Recruiting officers at recruiting stations and at posts, camps, and stations at 
which recruiting is authorized are authorized to enlist men for special assign- 
ment to organizations on the Mexican border. All advertisements and announce- 
ments relative to this service should state " For assignment to organizations on 
the Mexican border " and should avoid the use of words " For service in Mexico " 
or " For service on the Mexican border." 

2. Enlistment periods for men who have had no prior service will be three 
years ; for those who have had prior service, either one year or three years, as the 
soldier may elect. In the cases of colored men only those will be enlisted who 
have had prior service. 

3. All men, when accepted for this service, will be designated as " Special 
Assignment Organizations, Mexican Border," and will be so reported by the 
commanding officers of posts and camps, and by the commanding officers of 
recruit depots and depot posts to the commanding general. Southern Depart- 
ment, who will issue the necessary instructions as to their disposition and 
assignment. 

4. Men will be enlisted for the following arms and corps, not to exceed the 
numbers indicated : 

Infantry : 

White 8,000 

Colored 2, 000 

Cavalry (white) 10, 000 

Field Artillery 2, 000 

Engineers 800 

Medical Corps 1, 200 

Ordnance 150 

Signal Corps 300 

Air Service 500 

Quartermaster Corps 1, 500 

(341.3. A. G. O.) 



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Circular No. 319, June 26. 1919. 
enlistment of noncommissioned officers for oversea service. 

No noncommissioned officers will be sent to the Oversea Replacement Depot, 
Camp Meade, Md., for transfer to the American Expeditionary Forces. Re- 
enlistments of men as noncommissioned officers for individual assignment to the 
Canal Zone, Hawaii, Alaska, Philippine Islands, or Siberia will not be made. 
Men reenlisting for individual assignment to these places will be reenlisted as 
privates. 

However, applications for transfer to the Canal Zone, Hawaii, Alaska, or 
Philippine Islands will be considered in the cases of noncommissioned officers 
who have at least two years' active service to complete in current enlistment. 
Information of those who desire such transfer will be furnished The Adjutant 
General of the Army. (220.68, A. G. O.) 

Circular No. 324, .June 28, 1919. 

discontinuance of enlistments for the american expeditionary forces in 

FRANCE. 

After midnight .July 5, 1919, no more men will be enlisted under the provisions 
of Circular No. 224, War Department, 1919, for service in the American Ex- 
peditionary Forces in France. All men who have been accepted for enlistment 
in the American Expeditionary Forces in France prior to that date will be 
transferred after enlistment, with the least practicable delay, to the Oversea 
Replacement Depot, Camp Meade, Md. These instructions will not be construed 
to revoke authority to grant furloughs to men upon reenlistment. 

Commanding officers of posts, camps, and stations concerned will make tele- 
graphic report August 15, 1919, to The Adjutant General of the Army (attention 
room 336), stating the number of men under their commands enlisted for 
service in the American Expeditionary Forces in France who have not been 
transferred to the Oversea Replacement Depot. Camp ]\Ieade, Md. (341.1, 
A. G. O.) 

(See Cir. 443. W. D., 1919.) 

CiKcULAR No. 327, .June .30, 1919. 

RECRUITS FOR SEARCHLIGHT ORGANIZATION, SGTH ENGINEERS. 

1. Recruiting officers having main stations east of the Mississippi River and 
the recruiting officers at Minneapolis, Minn., St. Louis, Mo., and New Orleans, 
La., are authorized to accept qualified applicants who desire to enlist for a 
Searchlight Organization for the 56tli Engineers, Camp Humphreys, Va. 

2. In order that men actually desirous of enlisting in this organization may 
not be deprived of the opportunity they will, when applying at stations other 
than those indicated, be informed of the restriction referred to in paragraph one 
and advised to make application at a recruiting station where their acceptance 
is authorized. 

3. Recruiting officers authorized to make acceptances under this authority will 
send such applicants to the nearest recruit depot, depot post, post, or camp en 
route, or direct to Camp Humphreys for enlistment as may be most economical 
with regard to transportation. (341.2, A. G. O.) 



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Circular No. 329, July 1, 1919. 

equipmknt ok troops foe service overseas amendment to circular no. (70, 

war department, isho. 

Paragrapli 1, Circular No. 170, War Department, 1919, is amended by adding; 
the following subparagraph : 

i. Unassigned recruits will wear a " U. S." collar ornament on each side i»f 
collar, and no cap ornament, until arrival and assignment overseas. (420, 
A. G. O.) 

Circular No. 334, July 5, 1919. 

aib service (heavier-than-air) recruits not to p.e sent to fort omaha. 

No recruits accepted for the Air Service (heavier-tiian-air) will be forwarded 
to the United States Army Balloon School, Fort Omaha, Nebr., for the comi)le- 
tion of their enlistment. (343.2, A. G. O.) 

(See Cirs. 400, 293, 141, 208, 293, and 228; G. R. S. Cir. Letter 12.) 

Circular No. 336, July 5, 1919. 
enlistment period in quartermaster corps and medical department. 

Enlistment of applicants in the Quartermaster Corps an<l Medical Depart- 
ment for a period of one year is authorized, regardless of whether or not they 
have had previous military service, if otherwise qualified. Enlistment periods 
for special purposes, such as oversea duty, remain three years. 

Previous instructions in conflict with the provisions of this circular are re- 
scinded. (342.02, A. G. O.) 

^(See Cirs. 101 and 154.) 

Circular No. 339. July 7. 1919. 

DISCONTINUANCE OK ENLISTMENTS FOR MEDICAL DEPARTMENT IN HAWAII. 

Enlistments in the Medical Department for service in Hawaii will be dis- 
continued at once. Qualified applicants already accepted at general recruiting 
stations may be enlisted. (341.3, A. G. O.) 

Circular No. 340, July 8, 1919. 

preparation and transmission of enlistment forms. 

In the preparation of Form No. 22, A. G. O., Enlistment Paper, and Form 
No, 135, A. G. O., Physical Examination for Enlistment, only the editions of 
March 19, 1919, and March 22, 1919, of each form, respectively, or editions 
issued subsequently to those dates will be used. Earlier editions of these 
forms will be destroyed. 

Officers forwarding enlistment forms to The Adjutant General's Office will 
see that the Report of Enlistments (Form No. 664, A. G. O.), Enlistment Paper 
(Form No. 22, A. G. O.), Physical Examination for Enlistment (Form No. 135, 
A. G. O.), and Identification Record Card (Form No. 2G0, A. G. O.) are mailed 
promptly in an envelope or package containing no other reports or communica- 
tions and addressed as follows : 

The Adjutant General ok the Army, 

Washington, D. C. 
Recruiting SectioiL 
Enlistment Forms. 
These forms will be mailed at the clt>se of each day upon which enlistments 
are made. (315, A. G. O.) 
(See G. O. 57.) 



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Circular No. 341, July 8, 1919. 
enlistment oy musicians amendment to cikculak no. 2.-.o. war pepaktment^ 

1019. 

Circular No. 250, War Department, 1919, as amended by Circulars Nos. 262 
and 281, War Department, 1919, is further amended so as to provide that 
musicians enlisted as prescribed therein will be forwarded to the organization* 
for which enlisted without awaiting orders of assignment from The Adjutant 
General of the Army. The report required by paragraph 2, Circular No. 250^ 
will be continued. 

The commanding officers of the organizations listed in paragraphs 3 and 4 
of Circular No.' 250, as amended, will report by wire to The Adjutant General' 
of the Army when the authorized strength of their organizations has been ot>- 
tained. (341.3, A. G. O.) 

(See Cir. 385.) 

CiKCULAB No. 343, July 9, 1919. 

TRANSFER OE REENLISTED MEN TO ARlf, STAFF CORPS, OR DEPARTMENT FOB WHICFf 

ENLISTED. 

1. Commanding officers will make a special effort to release all men who 
reenlisted under act of February 28, 1919 (Bui. No. 9, W. D., 1919), for aa 
arm, staff corps, or department other than that with which they are at present 
assigned to duty, and who have been retained on their duties until they caa 
be spared or replaced as provided in Circular No. 154, War Department, 1919. 

2. When available these men will be transferred promptly in compliance- 
with their order of assignment. 

3. All such men who have not been reported for assignment will be reported 
in accordance with paragraph 6, Circular No. 101, War Department, 1919l 
(220.33, A. G. O.) 

(See Cir. 396.) 

Circular No. 344, July 10, 1919. 

reenlistment of noncommissioned officers amendment tq circular no. lot^ 

war department, 19)9. 

(See G. O. 97, W. D., 1919.) 

Circular No. 348, July 11, 1919. 

discontinuance of enlistments for infantry in philippine islands. 

Enlistments in the Infantry for service in the Philippine Islands will be dis- 
continued at once. Qualified applicants already accepted at general recruiting: 
stations may be enlisted. (341.3, A. G. O.) 

Circular No. 3.5.5, July 16, 1919. 

discontinuance of enlistments for colored cavalry. 

Enlistments of colored men for Cavalry will be discontinued at once. Quali- 
fied applicants already accepted at general recruiting stations may be enliste<I- 
(341.1, A. G. O.) 

(See Cirs. 316 and 392.) 



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CiRCULAK No. 356, July 16, 1919. 

WAR-RISK INSURANCE NEW FORM 1-B TO BE PREPARED ON REENLISTMENT. 

When an enlisted man having a class A or class B allotment is discharged, the 
allotment will be closed by prorating it to include date of separation from active 
service. 

On the reenlistment of a man having class A or class B dependents a new 
Form 1-B will be prepared in accordance with paragraph 13, Special Regula- 
tions, No, 72, War Department, 1919. The effective date of these allotments 
will be in accordance with the pi-ovisions of paragi-aphs 31 and 37, Special 
Regulations, No. 72, War Department, 1919. 

If the reenlistment is made the day following date of discharge the new 
original Form 1-B will be forwarded to the Bureau of War Risk Insurance, 
attached to the Notice of Discharge. (Treasury Department, B. W. R. I., Form 
333). (004.61, A. G. O.) 

(See Cirs. 147, 57, and 161.) 

Circular No. 363, July 18, 1919. 

ENLISTMENTS IN SIGNAL CORPS FOR SERVICE IN SIBERIA. 

1. It is desired to enlist immediately 15 men as telegraph operators for serv- 
ice with the American Expeditionary Forces, in Siberia. 

2. Recruiting officers and commanding otiicers of posts, camps, and stations 
at which recruiting is authorized, are authorized to enlist men for this service 
under the following special conditions: 

a. Only white men will be enlisted. 

&. Enlistment will be for a period of three years. 

c. Men eligible for discharge and reenlistment under existing instructions 
may also be reenlisted under this authority. 

(f. Only qualified telegraph operators will be enlisted. Before accepting an 
applicant, the recruiting officer will communicate with the department signal 
■officer of the department in which he is located, who will conduct the neces- 
sary technical examination to determine the qualification of the applicant. 
No enlistment will be made without the recommendation of such department 
signal officer. Upon receipt of such recommendation, the applicant will be 
^'nlisted at once. 

3. The following notation will be made on the enlistment papers and serv- 
ice records of men enlisted for this purpose: "Enlisted with a view to service 
as telegraph operators with American Expeditionary Forces, Siberia." 

4. Men enlisted under this authority for the service indicated will be sent 
at once, or upon termination of furlough, if one is granted, to the Siberian 
Replacement Detachment, Presidio of San Francisco, Calif. 

5. Men reenlisted under this authority may be granted reenlistment fur- 
loughs under provisions of paragraph 6, Circular No. 113, War Department, 
1919. Men granted such furlough will be directed to report on expiration of 
the furlough to commanding oflicer, Siberian Replacement Detachment, Pre- 
sidio of San Francisco, Calif., if this is more convenient to the soldier. In these 
cases the service records will be sent without delay to the commanding offi- 
cer, Siberian Replacement Detachment, Presidio of San Francisco, Calif. 

6. Officers enlisting men under this authority will make daily telegraphic 
reports to The Adjutant General of the Army (attention room 46 ) stating the 
number of enlistments. No report is necessary when no enlistments are made. 



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This report is additional to ttiose i-equired by previous instructions. The 
daily report of enlistments on Form No. 664, A. G. O., will be made for all 
enlistments under this authority and will accompany the enlistment papers. 
Reports for assignment as prescribed in paragraph 6, Circular No. 101, War 
Department, 1919, need not be made. 

7. All men enlisted under this authority will be sent to Siberia for duty 
with the American Expeditionary Forces. (342, A. G. O.) 

(See G. R. S. Cir. Letters Nos. 7 and 9; Cir. 414, W. D., 1919.) 

CIKCUI.AE No. 364, July 18, 1919. 

IgSUE OF THE SrL\TX VICTORY BUTTON. 

1. The silver Victory button for wounds received in action will be issued 
only upon the evidence of such wound or wounds as shown on the discharge 
certificate of enlisted men or certificate of discharge of officers. 

2. In cases where no such evidence is shown on the discharge certificate 
of enlisted men or certificate of discharge of officers, or where no such certifi- 
cate of discharge has been issued to the officers and a wound or wounds 
are alleged, a letter giving all facts in the case should be forwarded to The 
Adjutant General's office by the applicant for corroboration in accordance 
with facts as shown by the official records on file in that office. (421.7, 
A. G. O.) 

(See Cirs. 187, 206, 223, and 428.) 

Circular No. 365, July 22, 1919. 

COLORED APPLICANTS FOR ENLISTMENTS. 

1. Only colored men who have had previous military (Army Federal) service 
will be accepted for enlistment. Students' Army Training Corps service will not 
be considered as previous service for the purpose of such enlistment. 

2. For the present, colored men will be accepted for Infantry only, except in 
special cases as provided, as follows : 

a. For Quartermaster Corps, Medical Department, and Ordnance Corps only 
on the specific recommendation of the chief of the corps or department con- 
cerned. 

b. For Motor Transport Corps, only as authorized in letter from The Adjutant 
General's Office, File No. 342.17, April 5, 1919, which granted specific authority 
for the enlistment of 176 colored men, on recommendation of the Chief of the 
Motar Transport Corps in each case. 

3. Enlistments for and assignments to detachments at service schools will 
only be made by authority from The Adjutant General of the Army. 

4. Enlistments for colored Cavalry, Philippine Islands, were discontinued 
May 22, 1919. (Cir. No. 271, W. D., 1919.) 

5. Enlistments for colored Cavalry in general were discontinued July 16, 
1919. (341.41, A. G. O.) 

(See Cirs. 355, 392, and 436, W. D., 1919.) 

C1RCUI.AE No. 367, July 23, 1919. 

ENLISTMENTS FOR SERVICE IN SIBERIA, 

The present instructions governing enlistments for service in Siberia are as 
follows : 

1. White men only will be enlisted, and the enlistment period will be three 
years. 

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2. The acceptance of qualified applicants without previous military service 
is authoiized for the present. 

3. Enlistments will be confined to the following branches of the service : 

Infantry. 

Medical Department. 
Ordnance Department. 
Quartermaster Corps. 
Signal Corps. 

4. Men enlisted for this service will be sent to the Siberian Replacement 
Detachment, Presidio of San Francisco, Calif. Commanding officers will notify 
the commanding general. Western Department, of the number of men sent in 
each case. 

5. Men reenlisted for this service who are granted furloughs in accordance 
with the provisions of paragraph 6, Circular No. 113, War Department, 1919, 
will be sent, upon reporting at expiration of furloughs, to the Presidio of San 
Francisco, to report to the commanding officer for assignment to Siberian Re- 
placement Detachment. 

6. Separate telegraphic reports will be submitted daily to The Adjutant Gen- 
eral of the Army (attention room 46) showing number and arm of service of 
men enlisted for this purpose. 

7. Commanding officers of recruit depots and recruit depot posts were 
directed to make an organized effort to procure voluntary applications from 
all men enlisted at the depot for service in Siberia. All recruits who volun- 
tarily express a desire to serve in one of the arms or staff corps or depart- 
ments for which enlistments for Siberia are authorized will be transferred 
at once to the Siberian Replacement Detachment. Presidio of San Francisco, 
Calif. The transfer of recruits who desire this service is authorized from one 
arm or staff corps or de]iartment to another in order to l)e assigned to one wliich 
is represented now in Siberia. The number of men transferred weekly under 
this authority will be reported to The Adjutant General of the Army (attention 
room 336). Such reports should also note whether any man had previously 
been reported to The Adjutant General of the Army for assignment. (342.1, 
A. G. O.) 

(See Cir. 414, W. D., 1919.) 

Circular No. 369, July 2.5. 1919. 

MUSICIANS FOR THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY BAND, WEST POINT — 
AMENDMENT TO CIRCULAR NO. 250, WAK DEPARTMENT, 1910. 

Circular No. 250, War Department, 1919, as amended, is further amended so 
as to add to the list of bands enumerated in paragraph 3 the United States 
Military Academy Band, West Point, N. Y. (220.33. A. G. O.) 

(See Cir.s. 262, 250, and 281.) 

Circular No. 370, July 28, 1919. 

discontinuance of enlistments for motor transport corps in philippines 
and quaktermaster corps in siberia. 

Enlistment for the Motor Transport Corps in the Philippine Islands and 
enlistments and transfers for the Quartermaster Corps in Siberia \\ill be dis- 
continued at once. Qualified applicants already accepted at general recruiting 
stations may be enlisted. (342, A. G. O.) 

(See Cirs. 141. 22S. an<l 268.) 



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CiKCULAR No. 873. July 23, 1919. 

WAU-IJISIC INSUKAN^CE KEINSTATEMENT AFTER SEPARATION FROM THE SERVICE. 

The following approved decision of tlie Director of War Risk Insurance is 
published for the information and guidance of all concerned : 

T. D. 47, W. R. I 

Insurance — after separation from the active military or naval service. 

Regulation relative to the payment of premiums and the lapsation, cancella- 
tion, and reinstatement of yearly renewable term insurance granted under the 
provisions of the war-risk insurance act, and applicable after separation from 
the active military or naval service. 

Treasury Department, 
Bureau of War Risk Insurance, 

Washington, D. C, July 25, 1919. 
By virtue of the authority conferred in section 13 of the war-risk insurance 
act the following regulation is issued relative to the payment of pr{>miums 
and the lapsation, cancellation, and reinstatement of yearly renewable term 
insurance granted under the provisions of the war-risk insurance act, and 
applicable after separation from the active military or naval service. 

1. When any person insured under the provisions of the war-risk insurance 
act leaves the active military or naval service for reasons not precluding the 
continuation of insurance, the monthly premium which, had he remained in 
the service, would have been payable on the last day of the calendar month 
in which lie was discharged will be payable on the first day of the calendar 
month following the date of his discharge, and thereafter montlily premiums 
shall be payable on the first day of each calendar month. The premium pay- 
able on the first day of any calendar month may, however, be paid at any 
time during such month, which shall constitute a grace period for the pay- 
ment of such premium. If the premium is not paid before the expiration of 
such grace period the insurance shall lapse and terminate. 

2. In every case where reinstatement, in whole or in part, of lapsed or 
canceled insurance is desired, the insured shall file with the Bureau of War 
Risk Insurance a signed application therefor and make tender of the premium 
for one month (the grace period) on the amount of insurance to be reinstated, 
and also of the amount of at least one month's premium on the reinstated 
insurance. In cases where the insured desires to convert his lapsed term 
insurance he shall make tender of the premium for one month (the grace 
period) on the amount of term insurance to be reinstated and converted, and 
also of the first premium on the converted insurance. 

3. Insurance lapsed or canceled may be reinstated within 18 months after 
the month of discharge provided the insured is in as good health as at date 
of discharge or at the expiration of tlie grace period, whichever is the later 
date, and so states in his application ; and may be reinstated after 18 months 
succeeding the month of discharge provided such insurance has not been 
lapsed for more than one year, under the following conditions: 

(a) Within three calendar months succeeding the grace period if the insured 
is in as good health as at the expiration of the grace period and so states in 
his application. 

(ft) Within 11 calendar months succeeding the grace period if the insured 
is in as good health as at the expiration of the grace period and so states in 
his application, and includes therewith a formal report of examination made 
by a reputable physician substantiating said statement to the satisfaction of 
the Director of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance. 

4. Treasury Decision 45, W. R., and all other regulations heretofore made 
which conflict with the foregoing are hereby revoked. 

R. G. Cholmeley-Jones, 

Director. 
Api)roved : 

Carter Glass, 
Secretary of the Treasury. 
(004.61, A. G. O.) 
(See Cirs, 147, 57, 161, and 356.) 



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CiKCULAB No, 379, August 1, 1919. 

DISCONTINUANCE OF ENLISTMENTS FOB AIB SERVICE IN PHILIPPINES. 

Enlistments in the Air Service for service in the Philippine Islands will be 
discontinued immediately. Qualified applicants already accepted at general 
recruiting stations may be enlisted. (341.3, A. G. O.) 

(See Cir. 411.) 

CiEcuLAB No. 381, August 1, 1919. 



ASSIGNMENT OF EECEUITS- 



-AMENDMENTS TO CIECULARS NOS. 
DEPARTMENT, 1919. 



1. Paragraph 6, Circular No. 101, War Department, 1919. is amended to read 
as follows : 

6. — o. The report of men to The Adjutant General of the Army for assign- 
ment will state the number of men accepted for each arm, staff corps, or de- 
partment, the occupation of each and whether or not he has had previous 
military service. 

Special care will be taken to ascertain the occupation of each man. 

This report will be submitted by mail by the commanding officer of each 
post, camp, or station directly to The Adjutant General of the Army on Satur- 
day of each week and will include all men available for assignment who have 
not been previously reported, except as required by the supplementary report 
provided for in subparagraph b. 

The following form will be observed in submitting this report : 

Enlisted for Infantry. 



Number. 


Vocation. 


Previous 
service, i 


3 


Cooks 


No. 
Yes. 
No. 
Yes. 


2 




3 


do 


1 2 


Blacksmiths 


1 





b. A supplementary report will be made in the case of men enlisted in the 
Regular Army before April 2, 1917, who upon reenlistment are unassigned or 
who are assigned to organizations which have been ordered demobilized, and 
who request special assignment to the organization or station in which they 
served immediately prior to their transfer from a Regular Army organization. 
This does not apply to men who are members of a Regular Army organization 
who reenlist. 

This supplementary report will be submitted in the following form : 



EEPOKT OF BEENLISTED EEGULAK AEMY MEN AUTHOEIZED TO REQUEST ASSIGNMENT TO 
FORMER ORGANIZATION OR STATION. 

Enlisted for Infantry. 



Name. 


Vocation. 


Previous 
service 
(years). 


Present station. 


Preference. 


Sergt, John Jones... 
Corpl. Frank Smith. 


Clerk.... 
Soldier. . 


19 
13 


Unassigned 

320th Infantry. 


Fort Leavenworth, Kana. 
44th Infantry. 



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The furlough address of men granted furlough will be reported on this 
form. 

c. Except as above provided, request prior to or after enlistment for special 
assignment will not be made to The Adjutant General of the Army. All men 
reported for special assignment should be informed that while the War De- 
partment will make every effort to observe preference expressed, nevertheless 
it will be necessary from time to time to assign men in accordance with needs 
of the service. This will not be construed to prohibit enlistments for special 
assignment as authorized from time to time in current War Department in- 
structions. 

d. When no men are available for assignment no reports will be submitted. 
This report is in addition to reports now called for by Army Regulations. 

e. The weekly telegraphic reports of enlistments for one and three year 
periods required by telegram from The Adjutant General of the Army, dated 
March 12, 1919, from all post, camp, and station commanders (in case of Coast 
Artillery posts to be consolidated by coast-defense commanders) will be sub- 
mitted in the following form : 

"Enlisted at (state name of post, camp, or organization) for week ending 

. For one year . For three years . 

" (Signature.) ." 

2. Paragraph 2, Circular No. 145, War Department, 1919, amendatory of 
paragraph 1, Circular No. 166, War Department, 1918, is amended by striking 
out the last sentence of the last subparagraph and substituting therefor the fol- 
lowing : 

These reports will be submitted in the following forms : 

Report of Regular Army men authorised to request assignment to former organ- 
ization or station. 



Name. 


Vocation. 


Previous 
service 
(years). 


Present station. 


Preference. 


Sergt. John Jones... 
Corp. Frank Smith.. 


Clerk.... 
Soldier. . 


19 
13 


Unassigned .... 
320th Infantry. 


Fort Leavenworth, Kana. 
44th Infantry. 



The furlough address of men granted furlough will be reported on this form. 

All men reported for special assignment should be informed that, while the 
War Department will make every effort to observe preference expressed, never- 
theless it will be necessary from time to time to assign men in accordance with 
needs of the service. (343.2, A. G. O.) 

(See Cirs. 101 and 145.) 

Circular No. 382, August 1, 1919. 
recruit educational centers. 



The following is published for the information of all concerned: 

On May 1, 1919, the War Department began accepting for enlistment illiter- 
ates and non-English-speaking citizens and aliens. These enlistments will be 
made under the emergency act until the peace treaty is ratified. 

Under an act passed in 1899, in time of peace, no person (except an Indian), 
who can not speak, read, and write the English language, may be enlisted in the 
Army. In order that the enlistment of the illiterates and the non-English- 
speaking men may not cease when the Congress ratifies the peace treaty, the 
War Department has prepared a bill for the repeal of the above-mentioned act. 
This bill is now being considered by Congress. 

Under present naturalization laws an alien who makes legal declaration of 
his intention to become a citizen, and who enlists in the Army for three years, 
may, upon honorable discharge, become a full-fledged citizen, providing he ap- 
plies for final papers within six months after he has been discharged. 



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It is thus seen that an alien, by enlisting in our Army in times of peace, may 
become a citizen in a minimum of three years, whereas by all civil channels it 
takes five years. 

In other words, the War Department, in line with the big Americanization 
movement now on foot, is offering to illiterates and non-English-speaking men 
who enlist for three years, first, a thorough course in English, and, second, full 
citizenship upon honorable discharge. 

During the war thousands of illiterates and non-English-speaking were 
drafted. In six months the development battalions handled over 25,000 such 
soldiers. It was conclusively demonstrated that men of the aforesaid classes 
can be readily trained into good soldiers almost as quickly as men who know 
English. 

When the armistice was signed these schools were in progress in every camp. 
It was found that men brought together in this way soon forget racial distinc- 
tions — they were all learning English ; they were all members of one Army ; 
they were all Americans. 

In three months — and often in less time — men were taught sufficient English 
to enable them to receive, execute, and transmit verbal orders and messages 
intelligently, and also to read and understand ordinary written or printed 
matter as contained in the various drill regulations, soldier's handbooks, etc. 
It is because of the great success obtained during the war that the Army de- 
cided to continue this practical Americanization scheme. 

The first recruit oducationnl center has been established at Camp Upton, 
N. Y. For the present recruiting of men (white only for the time lieing) who 
can not read, write, and speak English is confined to the Northeastern and 
Eastern Departments ; as soon as the recruit educational center is well organ- 
ized, other centers, modeled after the Camp Upton center, will be established 
and recruiting will begin throughout the country. 

A simple psychological test has been prepared for use at recruiting stations. 
This test is calculated to assist recruiting officers in determining whether or 
not applicants possess sufficient intelligence to carry on in the Army. The test 
will be ready for issue in the near future. 

Men as soon as enlisted, are sent to the recruit educational center where 
they are examined and classified as to their knowledge of the English lan- 
guage; they are then assigned to organizations according to such classifica- 
tions. 

Recruits receive daily (except Saturday afternoons, Sundays, and holidays) 
three hours of English instruction and three hours of military instruction. 

In establishing the recruit educational centers, which will train and etlucate 
the illiterates and the non-English-speaking aliens and citizens, the War De- 
partment feels that it has taken a step that should meet with nation-wide ap- 
proval, since it makes for better citizenship and for a higher order of Ameri- 
canism. 

The War Department feels confident that, with the cooperation of our patri- 
otic citizens, this Americanization plan will succeed, for the problem involved, 
thanks to the valuable experience gained during the war, has already in great 
part been solved. (350, A. G. O.) 

Circular No. 383, August 4, 1919. 
en}jIStment of men for certain special services. 
Circular No. 141, War Department, 1919, superseding paragraph 5, Circular 
No. 113, War Department, 1919, is amended so as to make the first subpara- 
graph of paragraph 5 to read as follows: 

Men who desire to enlist or reenlist for the INIotor Transport Corps, Tank 
Corps, Air Service, or Chemical Warfare Service will be enlisted for the In- 



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fautry and will be transt'erred immediately to the service desired for assign- 
ment in accordance with the provisions of Circular No. 101, War Department, 
1919. (220.81, A. G. O.) 
(See Cirs. 141 :ind 411.) 

CiRCUT^R No. 385, August 6, 1919. 

DISCONTINUANCE OF ENLISTMENTS OF MUSICIANS FOR CERTAIN BANDS AMENDMENT 

TO CIRCUT.AR NO. 2.50, WAR DEPARTMENT, 1919. 

Para,s,'rapli 3, Circular No. 250, War Department, 1919, as amended, is further 
amended so as to exclude from the list of bands enumerated therein the fol- 
lowing-named bands, their autliorized strength having been obtained: 
Coast Artillery bands : 

Fourth — Fort Monroe, Va. 

Fifteenth—Fort Hamilton, BnM.klyn, N. Y. (34].3, A. G. O.) 
(See Cir. 2.50.) 

Circular No. 386, August 7, 1919. 

disposition of men enlisted for the american expeditionary force in france." 

Men who have been enlisted for sei-vice in the American Expeditionary Force in 
France and who have not been sent to Camp Meade, Md., in accordance with 
Circular No. 324, War Department, 1919, may be transferred, upon their own 
written request, to any organization of the United States Army in the United 
States or in Alaska, Canal Zone, Hawaii, Siberia, China, or the Philippine 
Islands for which enlistments are now authorized and will be sent, without 
reference to The Adjutiint General of the Army, to the organizations to which 
assigned. Report will be made to The Adjutant General of the Army of all 
such assignments. All other such men, except those sick or under charges or sen- 
tence of confinement of a court-martial, will be sent to the Oversea Replace- 
ment Depot, Camp Meade, Md., without delay, regardless of the character of the 
duty which tliey are now performing. 

Special attention is directed to report called for in the second paragraph of 
Circular No. 324, War Department, 1919. (341.1, A. G. O.) 

(See Cirs. .324 and 405.) 

C]RCUT.AR No. 389, August 8, 1919. 

NEW FORM OF SERVICE RECORD. 

1. The .service records of men enlisted or reenlisted in the Regular Army 
after the receipt of this circular will be prepared on the new Form No. 29, 
A. G. O., April 22, 1919. 

2. The new form will not be used for service records of men enlisted or re- 
enlisted in the Regular Army subsequent to February 28, 1919, and prior to the 
receipt of this circular in whose cases service records on the old form have 
already been opened, except when necessary to prepare a temporary or sup- 
plementary service record for them, in which case the new form will be used. 

3. When it is necessary at ports of embarkation and demobilization centers 
to prepare temporary or supplementary service records for men enlisted or 
inducted for the emergency only, the old forms with insert and paster will be 
used until September 30, 1919, or until the supply on hand is exhausted. 



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4. At posts, camps, or stations not included in paragraph 3 the old forms of 
service record may be destroyed when a supply of the new form has been re- 
ceived. (315.02, A. G. O.) 

(See Cir. 195.) 

C1KCXJI.AE No. 390, August 8, 1919. 

REENLISTMENT AND SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT OF FOKMER MEMBERS OF REGULAR ARMY 
OEGANIZATIONS. 

1. It is desired that everything practicable be done toward increasing the 
strength of Regular Army units and toward the preservation of the spirit which 
was created in these organizations during the war. 

In furtherance of this, it is believed desirable to facilitate the return to each 
organization of personnel which belonged to it during the war. With this in 
view, authority is granted to all recruiting officers to accept for enlistment for 
special assignment to any organization of the Regular Army, any former member 
of that organization, under the following conditions : 

a. That the applicant presents conclusive evidence of honorable discharge 
since April 1, 1917, from the organization to wliich he desires assignment. 

In no case will a man be accepted for enlistment under this authority for an 
organization of the Regular Army other than that from which he shows conclu- 
sive evidence that he was discharged. 

b. Under this authority Regular Army organizations are construed to be — 

(1) All organizations as given in Table 1, Tables of Organization, August 27, 
1918, of the 1st to 7th Divisions (inclusive). 

(2) All organizations provided for under the national-defense act of June 3, 
1916, of the— 

Infantry, 
Cavalry, 
Field Artillery, 
Coast Artillery Corps, 
Signal Corps, 
Engineer Corps. 

(3) Instructions with reference to units of the Medical Corps, Ordnance 
Department, Quartermaster Corps, Motor Transport Corps, Tank Corps, Air 
Service, and Chemical Warfare Service will be issued later, 

c. That enlistments will not be made under this authority for assignment 
to any specific organization serving beyond the continental limits of the United 
States. 

d. That enlistments will be made for a period of one or three years. 

e. That no enlistments will be made under this authority after December 31, 
1919. 

f. That notation of this authority and the organization for which the man 
is accepted for enlistment will be made on the enlistment papers and service 
records pertaining to each man so accepted. 

g. That nothing herein shall be construed as altering any restrictions as to 
eligibiUty for enlistment, now in force, or as restricting the present authority 
for enlistments for service beyond the continental limits of the United States. 

h. That special care will be exercised to insure compliance with paragraph 
2, Circular No. 113, War Department, 1919, which prohibits the reenlistment 
of men entitled to family allowance under the war-risk insurance act. 

2. Under the conditions above stated the commanding officer at each post, 
camp, or station at which recruiting is authorized will complete the enlist- 



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ment of such men us may be qualified for enlistment thereunder, and, imme- 
diately upon completion of their enlistment, will assign and transfer them, 
Mthout reference to The Adjutant General of the Army, to the organization for 
which, under this authority, they were enlisted. Men enlisted under this au- 
thority will not be reported to The Adjutant General of the Army for assign- 
ment, but a weekly report will be made as of Saturday midnight, showing 
the number of men enlisted under this authority and the organization to 
which assigned. 

3. Recruiting officers are authorized to forward men accepted for enlist- 
ment direct to the station of their organization for enlistment thereat, pro- 
viding such station is nearer recruit depot. 

4. Commanding officers of Regular Army organizations are advised of the 
extreme desirability of securing the return of their former personnel. Efforts 
should be made at once to obtain from retained records the names and addresses 
of men discharged from their organizations, and these men should be informed 
by letter of the privileges of reenlistment authorized herein. Such letters 
should, in addition, enlarge upon the desirability of the return of a man to an 
organization with which he has served, and fought, in whose history he is 
bound up, and in which he will again associate with his former comrades who 
are still in the service, or who will return to their old organizations under this 
authority. Such further appeal as each individual organization can make 
should be included. (342.06, A, G. O.) 

(See Cirs. 145, 166, 197, 201, 240, 265, 344, 390, 396, 413; and G. O. 97.) 

CiECULAR No. 391, August 8, 1919. 

PAYMENT OF $00 BONUS TO MEN DISCHARGED TO KEENLIST — AMENDMENT TO 
CIECTILAB NO. 201, WAB DEPARTMENT, 1919, 

Paragraph 5, Circular No. 201, War Department, 1919, is amended to read 
as follows: 

According to a decision of the Comptroller of the Treasury, the bonus of 
$60 IS not payable to men discharged under this authority. Three months' 
extra pay under the act of Congress approved May 11, 1908, is not payable 
upon reenlistment, nor is travel pay allowed. (342.03, A. G O ) 

(See Cirs. 120, 201, 265, and 404.) 

CiBCULAE No. 392, August 8, 1919. 

DISCONTINUANCE OF ENLISTMENTS OF COLORED MEN— AMENDMENT TO CIBCULAB 
NO. 355, WAB DEPARTMENT, 1019. 

1. Original enlistments of colored men for Infantry will be discontinued at 
once. Qualified applicants already accepted at general recruiting stations 
may be enlisted. This does not prohibit the reenlistment of men enlisted prior 
to April 1, 1917. 

2. The provisions of Circular No. 355, War Department, 1919, discontinuing 
enlistments of colored men for Cavalry are modified to permit the reenlist- 
ment of men enlisted prior to April 1, 1917. (342.06, A. G. O.) 

(See Cirs. 365 and 436.) 

Circular No. 396, August 12, 1919. 

TRANSFER OF ENLISTED MEN TO BRANCH OF SERVICE FOB WHICH ENLISTED. 

1. All men who have enlisted or reenlisted prior to August 1, 1919, under 
the act of Congress approved February 28, 1919, (sec. II, Bui. No. 9, W. D., 



74 

1919), for an arm, staff corps, or department other than the one to which they 
are now attached, will be transferred not later than August 31, 1919, in accord- 
ance with orders of assignment received in each case. If such men have not 
been reported for assignment, report will be made without delay in accordance 
with the provisions of Circular No. 381, War Department, 1919, amendatory to 
paragrai)h 6. Circular No. 101, and paragraph 2, Circular No. 145, War Depart- 
ment, 1919. 

2. Any further action necessary to effect the transfer not later than August 
31, 1919, of these men will be initiated by their immediate commanding officers. 
(220.33, A. G. O.) 

(See Cirs, 343 and 390.) 

Circular No. 397, August 12, 1919. 

POINTS OF CONCENTRATION FOR RECRUITS ENLISTED FOR SERVICE IN THE CANAL 
ZONE. HAWAII, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND SIBERIA— RESCISSION OF CIRCULAR 
NO. 219, WAR DEPARTMENT, 1910 — AMENDMENT TO CIRCULARS NOS. 363 AND 
367, WAR DEPARTMENT, 1919. 

1. Circular No. 219. War Department, 1919, is rescinded and the following 
substituted therefor : 

The following points are designated for the concentration of men enlisted 
for service in the Canal Zone, Hawaii, Philippine Islands, and Siberia prior 
to their transfer on such service: 

a. For men enlisted for service in the Canal Zone, the Panama Replace- 
ment Detachment, Jackson Barracks, La. 

6. For men enlisted for service in Hawaii, Philippine Islands, and Siberia, 
the Hawaiian Replacement Detachment, the Philippine Replacement Detach- 
ment, the Siberian Replacement Detachment, respectively, recruit depot. Fort 
McDowell, Calif. 

2. The connnanding officers of Jackson Barracks, La., and of the recruit 
depot. Fort McDowell, Calif., will exerci.se their discretion as to the details 
of organization of these replacement detachments. 

3. Circulars Nos. 363 and 367, War Department, 1919, are amended so as 
to change the address of the Siberian Replacement Detachment from Presidio 
of San Francisco, Calif., to recruit depot, Fort McDowell, Calif. (343.2, 
A. G. O.) 

(See Cir. 219, W. D., 1919.) 

Circular No. 399, August 14, 1919. 

DISCHARGE OF MEMBERS OF ARMY RESER\"E CORPS AND NAVAL RESERVE FORCE FOB 
PURPOSE OF ENLISTING IN REGITLAR ARMY OB NA\'Y, RESPECTIVELY. 

1. The War and Navy Departments have agreed to discharge men from 
the Reserve of the Regular Army and the Naval Reserve Force in order to 
permit them to enlist in the Regular Army or Regular Navy, respectively. 

2. The following procedure will be carried out when a member of the Naval 
Reserve Force applies for enlistment in the Regular Army, 

When a naval reservist on inactive duty applies at an Army recruiting sta- 
tion for enlistment, the Army recruiting officer will instruct the applicant to 
make out a request for discharge from the Naval Reserve Force, which will 
be forwarded by the recruiting officer to the Bureau of Navigation, through 
The Adjutant General of the Army. The Bureau of Navigation will in 
turn direct the Commandant of the Naval District in which the applicant's 
records are kept to prepare and forward to the Army recruiting officer direct, 
a completed discharge for the person concerned, with a letter of transmittal 
to the Army recruiting officer, requesting that delivery of the discharge be 
made only in the event that the applicant is actually accepted and sworn into 



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the Army ; otherwise the discharge will be returned direct to the office of 
origin with a statement of facts, and if the applicant is enlisted, a similar 
report will be made by the Army recruiting officer. The discharge from the 
Navy will be delivered to the applicant only when he has actually been ac- 
cepted and sworn into the Army. 
3. The Navy Department on its part agrees to the following : 
The following procedure will be carried out when a member of the Regular 
Army Reserve applies fur enlistment in the Navy : 

The recruiting officer will examine the applicant to determine his fitness 
for enlistment. If found to be physically and in all respects qualified, the 
recruiting officer will instruct ithe applicant to make a request in writing 
to The Adjutant General of the Army, War Department, via the recruiting 
ofBcer and the Bureau of Navigation, for discharge from the Army Reserve 
Corps for the purpose of enlisting in the Navy. This request should embody 
the following information : Name of applicant, rank, organization from which 
furloughed to the Reserve, and Army serial number, if available, and should 
bear an indorsement by the recruiting officer, stating that the applicant is 
in all respects qualified for enlistment in the Navy. The furlough to the 
Regular Army Reserve should be forwarded in all cases except where the 
form is lost, in which event such fact should be stated. Furlough papers and 
request for discharge fi-om the Regular Army Reserve should be forwarded 
by the recruiting officer to the Bureau of Navigation by mail, for further 
transmittal to the War Department. The Adjutant General of the Army 
will take the necessary steps to have the man's discharge from the Army 
Reserve forwarded direct to the recruiting officer, who will deliver it only 
after the man has actually been accepted and sworn into the naval service. 
After a reasonable length of time, say, 30 days after receipt of the Army 
Reserve discharge, if the applicant fails to enlist in the Navy, the discharge 
should be returned to The Adjutant General's Office, via the Bureau of Navi- 
gation, with a statement explaining the circumstances. In case of acceptance, 
a notice of enlistment should be sent similarly. (220.81, A. G. O.) 

Circular No. 401, August 15, 1919. 

BESCISSION OF CERTAIN WAR DEPARTMENT NUMBERED CIRCULARS, SERIES OF 1919. 

1. The following War Department numbered circulars, series of 1919, are 
rescinded, the matter being contained in General Orders, No. 97, War Depart- 
ment, 1919 : Circulars Nos. 197, 333, 344, 357, and 358. 

2. The following War Department numbered circulars, issued during the 
month of July, 1919, are rescinded, the matter being contained in Bulletin No. 
25, War Department, 1919: Circulars Nos. 351 and 352. (300.5, A. G. O.) 

Circular No. 403, August 18, 1919. 

ENLISTMENT OF MUSICIANS FOR SERVICE IN SIBERIA. 

1. It is desired to enlist at once 44 musicians for special assignment to the 
band of the 31st Infantry in the American Expeditionary Force, Siberia. 

2. General recruiting officers are authorized to accept for enlistment, and 
recruiting officers at all posts, camps, and stations where recruiting is author- 
ized are authorized to enlist, men for this special assignment. White men only 
will be enlisted and all such enlistments will be for a period of three years. 



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3. Men enlisted under this authority will be reported to The Adjutant Gen- 
eral of the Army and sent at once to the Siberian Replacement Detachment, 
Fort McDowell, Calif. (343.2, A. G. O.) 

CiECULAB No. 404, August 18, 1919. 

EEt'UWD OF $G0 BONUS FROM MEN DISCHAKGED AND REENLISTED UNDER PROVISIONS 
OF CIRCULAR NO. 201, WAR DEPARTMENT, 1919. 

In view of legislation now pending no action will be taken to cause the 
refund of the bonus of $60 from men to whom such bonus may have been paid, 
who have been discharged and reenlisted under the provisions of Circular No. 
201, War Department, 1919, as amended by Circulars Nos. 265 and 391, War 
Department, 1919. (242.17, A. G. O.) 

Circular No. 405, August 19, 1919. 

enlistments for service beyond continental limits of the united states. 

1. In connection with telegrams from The Adjutant General of the Army 
dated April 10 and April 29, 1919, and Circular No. 397, War Department, 1919, 
the enlistment for three-year periods of qualified white applicants for service 
beyond the continental limits of the United States in the following arms of the 
service is at present authorized : 

For the Panama Canal Department. 

Infantry. 

Cavalry. 

Field Artillery, mountain. 

Coast Artillery. 

Engineer Corps. 

Signal Corps. 

Medical Department. 

Infantry for Motor Transport Corpa 

For the Hawaiian Department. 

Engineer Corps. 

For the Philippine Department. 

Coast Artillery. 

Ordnance Department. 

Engineer Corps. 

Signal Corps. 

Quartermaster Corps. 

Medical Department (including Dental and Veterinary Corps). 

For Siberia. 

Infantry. 

Medical Department. _ 

Ordnance Department. (See Cir, 411.) 

Signal Corps. (See Cir. 411.) 

2. When the numbers allotted to the various arms of the service are secured, 
Instructions will accordingly be issued to discontinue enlistments. Such in- 
structions should therefore be particularly noted. (343.2, A. G. O.) 

(See Cirs. 355 and 392.) 



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CiBCXJXAB No. 406, August 19, 1919. 

MUSICAL INSTEUCTION IN AEMY BANDS. 

1. The need of competent band musicians is becoming acute and it is neces- 
sary tliat effort be made to develop musical training in Army bands. 

2. Attention is directed to paragraph 90i, 1916 Supplement, Compilation of 
Orders, 1881-1915. Privates selected for musical instruction under the pro- 
visions' of that paragraph will, if practicable, be detached from their organiza- 
tions and attached to the band. 

3. At recruit depots any .recruit wlio gives promise of becoming a band 
musician, or who shows talent or ability, will be given instruction in music, 
if he so desires, and every effort will be made to induce such men to take 
up the study of music as a profession. Recruits undergoing instruction in 
music will be Ijept under instruction until such time as they are reported fit 
for assignment to regular bands, but not for a period exceeding six months. 
A recruit who is a music student will not be considered available for assign- 
ment to any except musical organization. Any recruit whose musical progress 
is not satisfactory will be relieved at the earliest moment and made available 
for assignment to an organization, not musical. 

4. The following scheme for individual instruction is furnished as a guide for 
musical training in Army bands and at recruit depots : 
Rudiments of music comprising — 

FUNDAMENTALS. 

o. Theoretical— Sumcient to acquire a knowledge of notes, rests, values, in- 
tervals, etc. Keys and their signatures, with explanation of circle of fifths. 
6, Practical — 

(1) Scales— played in unison and individually, long tones, 

(a) Major. 

(b) Minor 

(c) Chromatic. 

(2) Arpeggios— played in unison and individually, long tones. 

(3) Chords— played in harmony, long tones. 

(a) Major. 

(b) Minor. 

ADVANCED STAGES. 

a. Practice in sight reading, technique, and phrasing. 
6. Proper regard for marks of expression. 

c. Ensemble playing. 

d. Augmented chords. 

e. Diminished chords. 

This course need not be confined to men attached to bands under the provi- 
sions of paragraph 90i, 1916 Supplement, but all members of the band may be 
required to rehearse with the beginners for purposes of review for themselves 
and for assistance to the students. 

5 A report will be rendered on the last day of each month by the command- 
in- officer of each recruit depot to The Adjutant General of the Army, attention 
room 336, stating the number and qualifications of musicians who have com- 
pleted six months' training or are qualified after a shorter period of training, 
who are available for assignment. The preference of such men as to assign- 
ment may be expressed. (353.73, A. G. O.) 



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Circular 409, August 21, 1919. 
soldiers on furlough authorized to canvass for recruits. 

1 . Soldiers granted furloughs or passes from organizations will be encouraged 
to canvass for recruits for special assignment to their organizations. Nota- 
tion will be made on the soldier's furlough or pass by his organization com- 
mander when tL.» soldier has authority to canvass for recruits, and such fur- 
lough or pass will be the recruiting officer's evidence as to the organization to 
•,\Iiich the soldier belongs. In case oi doubt, the recruiting officer will telegraph 
the organization commander for verification. 

A soldier authorized to canvass for recruits should be informed of the loca- 
tion of the recruiting stations in the locality to be visited while on furlough. 
Information as to the location of recruiting stations can be obtained from the 
Army List and Directory. 

2. The following provisions will govern in enlistments under this authority: 

a. An applicant obtained by the soldier will be taken by him in person 
to the nearest station of the general recruiting service, and, if accepted, will 
be forwarded to the nearest recruit depot for enlistment and for assignment 
to the organization of the soldier who presented him, except as provided 
hereafter. 

b. In event the station of the soldier securing the recruit is within 300 miles 
of the recruiting station or is nearer the recruiting station than is the nearest 
recruit depot, the applicant, if accepted, will be sent direct to the station of 
the soldier for enlistment. 

c. No applicant will be accepted for enlistment for special assigmuent under 
this authority when the organization to which assignment is requested is more 
than 1,000 miles from the place of acceptance. 

d. No applicant will be accepted for special assignment to an organization 
other thiin the one shown on the furlough or pass of the soldier who presents 
him. 

e. If an applicant declines to pay his own expenses to the recruiting station, 
the soldier should communicate with the recruiting officer, giving the ap- 
plicant's name and addre.ss, but no applicant will be given special assignment 
under this authority unless personally accompanied by a soldier on furlough 
status who is authoi-ized, as specified in paragraph 1. to canvnss for recruits. 

3. Men accepted for enlistment under this authority will, upon enlistment 
at a recruit depot, be forwarded at once to their organizations and will not 
be reported to The Adjutant General of the Army for assignment. (341.1, 
A. G. O.) 

Circular No. 411, August 22, 1919. 

discontinuance of enlistments for air service, for signal corps in hawaii, 
and for signal corps and ordnance department in siberia — -amendment to 
circular no. 405, war departaient, 1010. 

1. All enlistments for Air Service, including both the lighter-than-air and 
heavier-than-air branches, will be discontinued immediately. Qualified appli- 
cants already accepted at general recruiting stations may be enlisted. 

Applications for enlistment by highly qualified applicants will be reported 
to The Adjutant General of the Army with a view to enlistment for any vacancy 
occurring. 



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2. Enlistments for the Signal Corps in Hawaii and for tlie Signal (3orps 
and Ordnance Department in Siberia will be discontinued immediately. Quali- 
fied applicants already accepted at general recruiting stations may be enlisted. 

These instructions do not rescind the provisions of Circular No. 363, War 
Department, 1919, as amended by Circular No. 397, War Department, 1919, 
which provide for the enlistment of telegraph operators for service in Siberia. 

3. Paragraph 1, Circular No. 405, War Department, 1919, is amended so as 
to exclude under the heading " For Siberia " Ordnance Department and Signal 
Corps. (341.3, A. G. O.) 

(See Cir. 405.) 

Circular No. 412, August 28, 1919. 

discontinuance of enlistments for engineer corps in hawaii— amendment 
to circular no. 40.5, war department. 1919. 

1. Enlistments for the Engineer Corps in Hawaii will be discontinued Im- 
mediately. Qualified applicants already accepted at geuernl recruiting stg.tions 
may be enlisted. 

2. Paragraph 1, Circular No. 405, War Department, 1919, as amended by 
paragraph 3, Circular No. 411, War Department, 1919, is further amended 
so :is to exclude under the heading "For the Hawaiian Department" Engineer 
Corps. (341.3, A. G. O.) 

(See Cir. 405.) 

Circular No. 413, Septembicr 2, 1919. 

reenlistment and special assignment of former members of regular army 
organizations amendment to circular no. 390, war department, 1919. 

Subparagraph o, paragraph 1, Circular No. 390, War Department, 1919, is 
amended to read as follows: ' 

a. That the applicant presents conclusive evidence of honorable discharge 
since April 1, 1917, from the organization to which he desires assignment, or 
shows, by the notation on his discharge certificate, that he was transferred 
from the organization to which he desires assignment and that such transfer 
was made since April 1, 1917. 

In no case will a man be accepted for enlistment under this authority for an 
organization of the Regular Army other than that from which he shows con- 
clusive evidence that he was discharged or transferred as provided above. 
(341.42, A. G. O.) 

(See Cir. 390.) 

Circular No. 414, September 4, 1919. 

RECRUITS FOR SERVICE IN SIBERIA. 

It is desired that 2,000 recruits for service in Siberia be secured during the 
month of September, 1919. For the time being the provisions of paragraphs 
1 and 2, Circular No. 367, War Department, 1919, are extended so as to pro- 
vide that recruits for service in Siberia may be enlisted for periods of either 
one or tliree years, provided that no man will be enlisted for one year who has 
not had previous military service under the Federal Government. All otlier 
provisions of Circular No. 367. as amended by paragraph 3, Circular No. 397, 
War Department, 1919, will be fully complied with. 



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Recruiting officers and commanding officers of posts, camps, and stations at 
whicli recruiting is authorized will exert special efforts to secure men for this 
service. (341, A. G. O.) 

(See Cir. 367.) 

Circular No. 415, September 6, 1919. 

RESUMPTION of ENLISTMENTS FOR THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES IN 
EUROPE. 

Circulars Nos. 224 and 824, War Department, 1919, are rescinded and the 
following substituted therefor : 

1. Recruiting for service with the American Expeditionary Forces, Europe, 
will be resumed immediately. Recruiting officers and commanding officers of 
posts, camps, and stations at which recruiting is authorized are authorized 
to enlist men for this service under the following conditions : 

a. Only white men will be enlisted. 

h. Enlistment may be for period of one or three years, provided that no man 
shall be enlisted for one year who has not had previous military service under 
the Federal Government. 

c. Acceptance will be limited to Infantry, Signal Corps, Medical Department, 
and Corps of Engineers. 

d. Men eligible for discharge and reenlistment under existing instructions 
may be reenlisted under this authority. Such men will not be retained on 
their present duties, but will be forwarded at once, or upon expiration of 
reenlistment furlough, to the Oversea Replacement Depot, Camp Meade, IMd. 

e. Noncommissioned officers will not be reenlisted under this authority with 
their warrants continued, but may be reenlisted as privates. 

2. Every efEort should be made to include among the enlistments for the 
Signal Corps telephone operators, repair men, expert radio operators, and tele- 
phone linemen. Among the enlistments for Infantry effort should be made 
to secure a large percentage of typists, stenographers, clerks, and cooks. 

8. The following notation will be made on the enlistment papers and service 
records of men enlisted for this purpose: 

" Enlisted with view to service ^^ith American Expeditionary Forces, 
Europe." 

4. Men enlisted under this authority for the service indicated will be sent 
immediately to the Oversea Replacement Depot, Camp Meade, Md. 

5. Men reenlisted under this authority may be granted reenlistment fur- 
loughs under the provisions of paragraph 6, Circular No. 118, War Depart- 
ment, 1919. 

Men granted such furloughs will be directed to report on expiration of the 
furlough to the commanding general. Camp Meade, Md., if this is more con- 
venient to the soldier. In these cases the service records will be sent without 
delay to the commanding general. Camp Meade, so that he may have informa- 
tion of the number of soldiers so ordered to report 

6. Officers enlisting men under this authority will make daily telegraphic 
reports to The Adjutant General of the Army (attention room 46) stating the 
number of enlistments, with arms of the service for which enlisted. No report 
is necessary when no enlistments are made. The daily report of enlistments 
(Form 664, A. G. O.) will be made for all enlistments under this authority 
and will accompany the enlistment papers. Report for assignment, as pre- 
scribed in Circular No. 101, AVar Department, 1919, as amended by Circular 
No. 381, War Department, 1919, will not bo made. (341.1, A. G. O.) 

(See Cirs. 224, 324, 38G. and 405.) 



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CIBCXJT.AE No. 418, Septembeb 9, 1919. 

ENLISTMENT OF MUSICIANS — AMENDMENT TO CIRCULAR NO. 2 50, WAS DEPARTMENT, 

1919. 

Paragraph 3, Circular No. 250, War Department, 1919, as amended, is 
furtlier amended by adding to the list of Field Artillery bands enumerated 
therein the following: 

Field Artillery. 

11th Regiment — Camp Grant, 111. 

18th Regiment— Camp Merritt, N. J. (343.2, A. G. O.) 

(See Cirs. 250, 262, 281, 341, 369. and 427.) 

Circular No. 422. September 11, 1919. 

enlistments fob the signal corps. 

1. Recruiting officers and commanding officers of posts, camps, and stations 
at which recruiting is authorized will make special effort to secure men for 
enlistment for the Signal Corps, 

2. This effort will be concentrated upon securing men possessed of a com- 
mon-school education or better, who are interested in, or who give promise of 
being able to acquire, one of the following trades : 

Radio operators, expert 

Morse telegraph operators, able to use typewriting machines. 

Radio operators. 

Telephone and telegraph linemen. 

Telegraph operators. 

Telephone repairers. 

Electricians. 

Switchboard operators. 

Cable splicers. 

3. It is desired to emphasize the need for these men and to stress the neces- 
sity for all concerned to use all endeavor towards securing them. 

4. In reporting men for assignment, a notation will be made of the class of 
work for which they express preferment for training. (341.3, A. G. O.) 

(See Cirs. 363. 405, and 415; G. R. S. Cir. Letters 7, 9, and 70.) 

Circular No. 426, September 15, 1919. 
fraudulent enlistment of minors. 

Numerous cases have arisen where it appears that the policy of the War 
Department is not fully understood with reference to the discharge of soldiers 
who have enlisted fraudulently by concealing the fact that they were minors. 
The following instructions relating to the discharge of soldiers who have enlisted 
fraudulently by concealing their proper age, are published for the information 
of all concerned : 

1. Fraudulent enlistment, minority concealed, is an enlistment made by a 
man who states on his enlistment paper that his age is over 18 years when he is 
actually under 18 years of age. 
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Erroneous enlistment of a minor is an enlistment entered into by a man who 
clearly indicates on his enlistment paper that he has not attained the age of 
18 years and is therefore made through no fault of the soldier. 

2. Circular No. 227, War Department, 1919, and various instructions issued 
by the War Department, emphasize the fact that the enlistment of minors 
under 18 years of age is not authorized under any condition, and that no 
applicant will be accepted for enlistment until after he has proven to the com- 
plete satisfaction of the recruiting officer that he has reached the age of 18 
years. Where, in spite of all proper precautions, minors have succeeded in 
fraudulently enlisting by concealing their proper age, the War Department 
policy is, as a rule, to discharge, without trial, such soldiers upon receipt from 
parents or legal guardians of satisfactory evidence as to the age of the soldiers, 
provided they have not since attained the age of 18 years, are present with 
their organization, and are not in confinement or under charges ; the provisions 
of paragraph 1380, Army Regulations, to apply in each case. Evidence in such 
cases should consist of the following: 

a. A duly authenticated copy of a municipal or other official record of the 
soldier's birth, if such record exists. If birth certificate can not be obtained, a 
sworn statement to that effect should be presented, or if an official record of 
births is not kept in the State or locality from which the soldier originates, 
such a condition should be vouched for by the proper authorities. 

b. The affidavits of two or more disinterested persons who are able to testify 
from their own personal knowledge as to the soldier's age. 

c. The affidavit of the soldier's parents (or guardian) as to the date of birth. 

3. A minor fraudulently enlisting and remaining in the service after attain- 
ing the legal age of enlistment, or the age beyond which parental consent is 
not required, thereby validates his enlistment and will not be discharged on 
the ground of having fraudulently enlisted. Such men may be discharged as 
provided by the National Defense Act (Bui. No. 16, W. D., 1916), on account 
of dependence arising subsequently to their enlistment, but after reaching 18 
years, they will in no case be given preferential treatment different from that 
extended to any other soldier in like circumstances who was not a minor at 
enlistment. 

4. A soldier discharged on account of fraudulent enlistment, minority con- 
cealed, will receive neither an honorable nor dishonorable discharge, but a 
"Discharge from the Army of the United States " (Form No. 526, A. G. O.). 
Such a discharge is ordered on account of fraudulent enlistment and involves 
forfeiture of all pay and allowances, including travel pay. A minor is usually 
not brought to trial for fraudulent enlistment, but he may be so tried and if 
convicted may receive a dishonorable discharge in addition to other penalties 
as may be implied by the court. A minor discharged for erroneous enlistment 
is discharged " for the convenience of the Government," and he does not forfeit 
pay and allowances and should receive an honorable discharge if his services 
have been honest and faithful. 

5. In order that the office of The Adjutant General of the Army in Washing- 
ton may be relieved of the unnecessary burden of handling individual applica- 
tions for discharge from the soldier himself, or his family, such applications 
will be considered and acted upon by the officer having general court-martial 
jurisdiction over the soldier, as this officer will be in a better position to make 
a thorough investigation of the soldier's claims. Such officers are hereby au- 
thorized to dispose of such cases arising within their respective commands, and 
to discharge minors who enlisted fraudulently by concealing their proper age, 
provided they have not since attained the age of 18 years. The attention of 



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such officers having general court-martial jurisdiction is directed to paragraph 
3, page 395, Appendix 15, Manual for Courts-Martial United States Army, which 
states : 

"A parent or guardian with knowledge of the enlistment under the prescribed 
age, and acquiescing therein for a considerable period of time, may be held to 
be estopped from asserting the right to avoid the enlistment." 

The decision as to whether this condition existed rests with the officer having 
general court-martial jurisdiction who has the case investigated. 

Where the investigation shows lack of care on the part of the recruiting offi- 
cer in accepting a minor who enlisted fraudulently, the officer having court- 
martial jurisdiction and investigating the case will report the circumstances to 
The Adjutant General of tlie Army who will take the necessary action in refer- 
ence to the recruiting officer. (342.03, A. G. O.) 

(See Cir. 227; G. R. S. Cir. Let. 40.) 

CiRCUL^VR No. 427, September 16, 1919. 

IKLISTMENT OF MUSICIANS AMENDMENT TO CIRCXJLAB NO. 250, WAR DEPART- 
MENT, 1919. 

Paragraph 3, Circular No. 250, War Department, 1919, as amended, is further 
amended by changing the station of the band of the 11th Cavalry from Fort 
Myer, Va., to the Presidio of Monterey, Calif., and by adding to the list of 
Cavalry bands enumerated therein the following: 

Cavalry. 

2d Regiment— Fort Riley, Kans. (343.2, A. G. O.) 
(See Cirs. 250, 262, 281, 341, 369, and 418.) 

Circular No. 428, September 16. 1919. 

candidates at officers' training camps not entitled to victory button. 

Under the provisions of Circular No. 187, War Department, 1919, as amended 
by Circular No. 206, War Department, 1919, the Victory Button will be issued 
to all officers, enlisted men, field clerks, and members of the Army Nurse Corps 
who served on active duty in the Army of the United States at any time 
between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918, and whose service was honorable. 
In as much as civilian candidates at officers' training camps were neither 
officers nor enlisted men, they can not be considered as eligible to receive and 
wear the Victory Button. (421.7, A. G. O.) 

(See Cirs. 187, 206, 223, and 364.) 

Circular No. 429, September 18, 1919. 

ENTRY ON RECORD CARD OF PERIOD OF YEARS FOB WHICH ENLISTED. 

In preparing the record card of enlisted men of StafE Corps and departments 
(Form No. 627, A. G. O.), the number of years for which the soldier is enlisted 
will be entered on the third line under " Current Enlistment," immediately 
following the entry of the place at which enlisted ; e. g., " at Fort Logan, Colo., 
for three years." (201.3. A. G. O.) 

(See Cirs. 101, 154, and 336.) 



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CiBCULAR No. 430, September 19, 1919. 

DISCONTINUANCE OF ENLISTMENTS FOR FIFTY-SIXTH ENGINEERS — RESCISSION OF 
CIRCULAR NO. 327, WAR DEPARTMENT, 1910. 

Circular No. 327, War Department, 1919, authorizing enlistments for the 
Fifty-sixth Engineers, is rescinded. (341.2, A. G. O.) 
(See Cir. 327; G. R. S. Cir. Letter 73.) 

Circular No. 433, September 23, 1919. 

enlistment of men under 18 years of age — certain information to be given 
to all applicants for enlistment. 

(See Bui. 33, W. D., 1919.) 

Circular No. 434. September 23, 1919. 

war-bisk insurance — permanent government insurance may be applied for 

without FIRST APPLYING FOR TERM INSURANCE. 

Men now entering the service may, within 120 days after enlistment or entry 
into the active military or naval service, apply for permanent Government in- 
surance without first applying for term insurance. (004.61, A. G. O.) 

(See Cirs. 147, 57, 161, 356, and 373.) 

Circular No. 435, September 23, 1919. 
physical examination of applicants for enlistment. 

In connection with Circular No. 118, War Department, 1919, the following 
instructions relative to the physical examination of applicants for enlistment 
are published for the information and guidance of all concerned : 

The physical examination of all applicants for enlistment in the Regular 
Army will be made, as far as practicable, by well-balanced groups of medical 
officers, consisting of a number of specialists, when available, instead of having 
the entire examination made by one medical officer. 

It is recognized that it will be impracticable in many posts and camps, owing 
to the present shortage of medical officers, to provide an examining group in 
which all special branches of medicine are represented, and that at certain 
isolated posts and stations the entire physical examination must be made by 
one medical officer. It is desired, however, that the " group " scheme of ex- 
amination be followed so far as local conditions permit. If fully qualified 
specialists are not available, medical officers present best qualified in the 
requisite specialties should be assigned to this duty. It is thought that at the 
larger camps and posts it will be possible to organize an examining group some- 
what as follows: 

One general examiner, including surgery, orthopedic, skin, hernia, venereal 
diseases, etc. 

One internist (tuberculosis, cardio-vascular, etc.). 

One eye, ear, nose, and throat examiner. 

One dental examiner. 



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Also, when available, a ueuro-psychiatric examiner should be included in the 
gi-oup. When not available, his part of the examination should be conducted 
by one of the other examiners. 

Medical officers selected as membei-s of an examining group, as above out- 
lined, should act as examiners in addition to other routine duties to which they 
may be assigned. In all posts and camps, excepting demobilization centers, 
physical examinations should ordinarily be made at the hospital, where the 
necessary facilities exist for conducting the most thorough examinations and 
where specialists may be available for this work without interfering with their 
other duties. (342.15, A. G. O.) 

(See Cir. 118; G. O. 57; G. R. S. Gir. Letter 40.) 

Circular No. 436, September 24, 1919. 

DISCONTINUANCE OF ENLISTMENTS OF COLORED MEN AMENDMENT TO CIRCULAR NO. 

392, WAR DEPARTMENT, 1919. 

Paragraph 1, Circular No. 392, War Department, 1919, is amended so as to 
omit the word " Original " from the first sentence therein. (342.06, A. G. O.) 
(See Cirs. 355 and 392.) 

Circular No. 440, September 26, 1919. 

educational and vocationai. training. 

(See Bui. 33, W. D.. 1919.) 

Circular No. 442, September 27, 1919. 

war-risk insurance — preparation of application for conversion of war-risk 
insurance (treasury department, b. w. r. i., fopvil 739). 

In connection with Circular No. 434, War Department, 1919, where applica- 
tion for converted insurance is made without a prior application for term 
insurance, the date of the enlistment must be entered on the form in order 
that the Bureau of War-Risk Insurance may be informed as to whether or not 
the application was executed within 120 days after enlistment. (004.61, 
A. G. O.) 

(See Cirs. 147, 57, 161, 356, 373, and 434.) 

Circular No. 443, September 29, 1919. 

DISCONTINUANCE OF ENLISTMENTS FOR SIGNAL CORPS IN PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND 
AMERICAN EXPEDITIONAKY FORCES IN EUROPE — AMENDMENTS TO CIRCULARS NOS. 
405 AND 415, WAR DEPARTMENT, 1919. 

Enlistments for the Signal Corps for service in the Philippine Department 
and in the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe will be discontinued im- 
mediately. Qualified applicants already accepted at general recruiting stations 
may be enlisted. 

Paragraph 1, Circular No. 405, and subparagraph c, paragraph 1, and para- 
graph 2, Circular No. 415, War Department, 1919, are amended accordingly 
(341.3, A. G. O.) 

( See Cirs. 324, 363, 405, and 415 ; G. R. S. Cir. Letters 7, 9, and 70. ) 



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The loUowing General llecruiting Service circular letters aud extracts froiu 
G. R. S. circular letters contain all the matter affecting post, camp, and otner 
commanding officers, as well as G. R. S. recruiting oflicers that have been 
published in this form to date. Recruiting officers not of the G. R. S. will 
not apply for complete files of G. R. S. circular letters, as in future all matters 
affecting the recruiting service as a whole will be published in the form of 
War Department numbered circulars. G. R. S. circular letters not included 
herewith have to do with the per.sonnel iiud other mattei-s pertaining only to 
the General Recruiting Service: 

G. R. S. Circular Letter No. 7, March 12, 1918. 

1. The acceptance is authorized of any eligible and qualified applicant for 
the Signal Corps, who presents a letter from an officer of the Signal Corps, 
by authority of the Chief Signal Officer, requesting his enlistment. 

2. Such men will be sent after enlistment to such stations as may be desig- 
nated in the letter. If no station is designated, they will be reported as 
directed in Circular No. 101, War Department, 1919. 

G. R. S. Circular Letter No. 8, March 17, 1919. 



3. Registration cards for persons registered under the selective service 
law may be accepted as evidence of age in the cases of applicants for enlist- 
ment between the ages of 18 aud 21 years. 

4. Applicants for enlistment who have been honorably discharged from 
the Navy or Marine Corps may be accepted for enlistment for the period of 
one year, as in the cases of men M'ith prior ser^^ee in the Army. 

5. In wiring this office for verification of service of an applicant with pre- 
vious service, give his serial number. 

G. R. S. Circular Letter No. 9, March 18, 1919. 

1. There is urgent need in the Meteorological Section of the Signal Corps 
for 100 meteorologists, and it is desired that recruiting officers make effort 
to secure recruits of the following qualifications for this branch of the service : 

Men of intelligence, high-school graduates with training in algebra, trig- 
onometry, and physics, or men who give promise of learning new work quickly. 



G. R. S. CxECULAR Letter No. 11, March 29, 1919. 

There is quoted below for your information and guidance a letter dated 
March 29 to the Director of Air Service: 

1. Authority is hereby granted for the sending out of recruiting parties in 
air planes from the Air Service flying fields and stations listed below. Air 
Service recruiting officers who have been designated under the authority of 
pai'agraph 1, Circular No. 101, War Depnrtment, 1919, may, when it is desirable, 
issue to recruits who have been accepted, transportation to the Air Service 
flying field or station from which the party has been sent out. 

Rockwell Field, San Diego, Calif. 
Langley Field, Hampton, Va. 
Post Field, Fort Sill, Okla. 
Kelly Field, San Antonio, Tex. 
March Field, Riverside, Calif. 
Mather Field, Sacramento, Calif. 
Carlstrom Field, Arcadia, Fla. 
Dorr Field, Arcadia, Fla. 
Ellington Field, Houston, Tex. 



Park Field, Millington, Tenn. 
Souther Field, Americus, Ga. 
Selfi'idge Field, Mount Clemens, Mich. 
Chanute Field, Rantoul, 111. 
Scott Field, Belleville, 111. 
Boiling Field, Anacostia, D. C. 
Hazelhurst Field, Mineola, L. I., N. Y. 
Repair Depot, Montgomery, Ala. 



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Air Service recruiting parties may also be sent out from tlie following 
balloon fields: 

Lee Hall, Va. 

Forts Crook and Omaha, Nebr. 



Arcadia, Fla. 

Brooks Field, San Antonio, Tex. 



2. Men will be assigned as provided in Circular No. 101, War Department, 
1919. The provisions of Circular No. 115, War Department, 1919, will be 
strictly observed. 

3. Where recruiting parties are sent out under the above authority, they 
will cooperate closely with the officers of the General Recruiting Service in 
the same territory. 

4. Instructions have been issued to all recruiting officers to send recruits 
accepted for the Air Service direct to the nearest one of the above listed Air 
Service stations for the completion of their enlistment papers. A copy of this 
;iction will be furnished you in a separate communication. 

5. All Air Service recruiting officers will be directed to make no promise of 
the- permanent assignment of any man accepted for enlistment to any post, 
camp, or station. 

G. li. S. CiRCULAU Letter No. 12 (as Amended July 2, 1919), March 29, 1919. 

1. Until further orders recruiting officers of the general recruiting service are 
authorized to accept for enlistment for Infantry and transfer to the Air 
Service men who are suitable for that service and otherwise qualified. Appli- 
cants accepted under this authority will be sent to the nearest field or station 
listed below for enlistment and assignment to an organization of the Air Service, 
except that should there be a recruit depot or depot post en route to the field 
or station, applicants will be sent to the recruit depot or depot post for enlist- 
ment : 



Rockwell Field, San Diego, Calif. 
Langley Field, Hampton, Va. 
Post Field, Fort Sill, Okla. 
Kelly Field, San Antonio, Tex. 
March Field, Riverside, Calif. 
Mather Field, Sacramento, Calif. 
Carlstrom Field, Arcadia, Fla. 
Dorr Field, Arcadia, Fla. 
Ellington Field, Houston, Tex. 
Park Field, Millington, Tenn. 



Souther Field, Americus, Ga. 
Selfridge Field, Mount Clemens, Mich. 
Chanute Field, Rantoul, 111. 
Scott Field, Belleville, 111. 
Boiling Field, Anacostia, D. C. 
Hazelhurst Field, Mineola, L. I., N. Y 
Repair Depot, Montgomery, Ala. 
Fort Omaha, Nebr. 

271st Aero Squadron and 28th Balloon 
Company, Aberdeen, Md. 



2. Applicants accepted under this authority and enlisted at a recruit depot 
or depot post will, upon completion of enlistment, be sent with the least practi- 
cable delay to the nearest field or station listed in paragraph 1 for assignment 
to duty. 

G. R. S. CIECUT.AR Letter No. 16. April 11, 1919. 



1. With a view to requests for waiver being submitted to this office in such 
form as will enable their being given intelligent and prompt consideration, 
the following practice will be observed : 

2. Where request is made for waiver of weight, the height of the applicants 
will be given, and where waiver of chest measurement is requested, both height 
and actual weight will be reported in addition to chest measurements. In all 
cases the age of the applicant will be given. 

3. In reporting cases of defective vision, with a view to waiver, the acuity 
of AHsion in each eye will be given, and, if corrected by glasses, the acuity as 



corrected mil also be stated. If no correction by glasses, that fact will be 
Btated. 

4. In submitting requests for waiver of deficiencies of teeth, the numbers 
(1 to 8, inclusive) of missing or defective natui'al teeth, whether upper or 
lower, left or right, will be stated ; also whether or not replaced by denture. 

5. When request is made upon the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, Navy 
Department, or the Major General Commandant, United States Mai'ine Corps, 
for verification of service (see par. 24, "Instructions for officers in charge of 
recruiting districts"'), and there is reason to believe that the applicant was 
not given a good discharge, or was discharged on account of disability, the 
request for verification will also call for a statement of the offense causing 
discharge or the nature of the disability, respectively. 

G. R. S. CiECULAE Lettek No. 22, Aprit. 30. 1919. 

1. All recruiting officers are authorized to accept for enlistment in the 
Infantry and transfer to Motor Transport Corps, men eligible for such enlist- 
ment under current instructions and who present letters signed by one of 
the officers indicated below, setting forth that the services of the applicant are 
desired for the Motor Transport Corps: 



An officer from the office of the chief, 

Motor Transport Corps. 
Department motor transport officer. 
Commanding officer. Camp Holabird, 

Md. 
Commanding officer. Camp Jesup, Ga. 
Commanding officer. Camp Normoyle, 

Tex. 
Commanding officer, Camp Boyd, El 

Paso, Tex. 
Motor transport officer, 461 Eighth 

Avenue, New York City. 



Motor- transport officer, 9 Chauncy 

Street, Boston, Mass. 
Motor transport officer. Twenty-fifth 

and Wharton Streets, Philadelphia, 

Pa. 
Motor transport officer, 230 East Ohio 

Street, Chicago. 111. 
Motor transport officer. Army trans- 
port dock. Fort Mason, San Fran- 

ci.sco, Calif. 
Motor transport officer, Fort AVayne, 

Detroit. Mich. 



2. Upon such acceptance for enlistment, recruiting officers will send such 
men for enlistment and assignment to the nearest one of the following places : 



Departmental headquarters. North- 
eastern Department. 

Departmental headquarters, Eastern 
Department. 

Departmental headquarters. South- 
eastern Department. 

Departmental headquarters. Central 
Department. 

Departmental lieadquarters. Western 
Department. 

Departmental headquarters, South- 
ern Department. 

Commanding officer, Camp Holabird, 
Md. 

Commanding officer, Camp Jesup, Ga. 

Commanding officer, Camp Normoyle, 
Tex, 



Commanding oflicer. Camp Boyd, El 
Paso, Tex. 

Motor transport officer, 461 Eighth 
Avenue, New York, N. Y. 

Motor transport officer, 99 Chauncy 
Street, Boston, Mass. 

Motor transport officer. Twenty-fifth 
and Wharton Streets, Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

Motor transport officer, 230 East Ohio 
Street, Chicago, 111. 

Motor transport officer. Army trans- 
port dock. Fort Mason, San Fran- 
cisco, Calif. 

jNIotor transport officer. Fort Wayne, 
Detroit, Mich. 



8. Men accepted for enlistment in the Infantry and transferred to the Motor 
Transport Corps, who do not bear letters from one of the officers listed above, 
will be sent to recruit depots or recruit depot posts for enlistment as now pro- 
vided in current orders. 



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G. R. S. Circular Letter No. 36, June 6, 1919. 

1. The following telegram of May 31, 1919, which has been sent to all 
officers in charge of recruiting districts is repeated for your information and 
guidance : 

"This telegram will be referred to as ICROS five. You are authorized to 
make such trips as may be necessary to nearest demobilization camps in your 
district to report to the commanding general and consult with the camp recruit- 
ing officer in the interest of cooperation between the two services. Officers and 
men of returning divisions are particularly desirable for recruiting purposes 
in the localities where they are known. During the present emergency you 
should have a sufficient number of officers and men with your party to thor- 
oughly cover your territory with substations or canvassing parties. Request 
camp commander to submit the names of those suitably qualified and available 
for permanent party with a view to their transfer to general recruiting 
service and assignment to your party by this office. Class 3 officers only can 
be detailed, but if other exceptionally well qualified officers are desired a 
report will be made with a view to their temporary use. 

Camp organizations are also desirous of sending out canvassing parties to 
obtain reci-uits for their units. For this purpose you are authorized to arrange 
with camp commander for a sufficient number of these parties and the itin- 
erary of each. Enlisted men for these canvassing parties will be attached to 
your party for temporary duty on orders from the camp commander. While on 
this duty you are authorized to order these soldiers to those places within the 
territorial limits of your district mentioned on the ithierary approved by you 
and the camp commander for canvassing duty, and to furnish commutation of 
subsistence and quarters under the same conditions as govern enlisted men of 
the General Service, Infantry, on your recruiting party. Upon completion of 
this duty, the soldiers will be ordered to return to their proper station. 

A suitably qualified officer, designated either by you from those under your 
command, or by the camp commander from the camp personnel, will be placed 
in charge of each party, who will be personally responsible for the conduct of 
the party. Officers so designated will not travel with the enlisted men, but 
will precede their parties by at least 12 hours for the purpose of making 
necessary arrangements and obtaining advanced publicity. He will meet and 
work with the party at each stop. No stop will be for more than 10 days. 
Authority is hereby granted as necessary in the military service to issue the 
necessary travel orders for these officers based on the itineraries approved by 
the camp commander and yourself. No itineraries need be submitted to this 
office in advance. 

A report will be made to this office as soon as arrangements have been made. 

Complete reports in writing will be made at least every five days by the officer 
in charge of each of these organization canvassing parties to be sent through 
you to this office. Carbon copies will be sent to camp commander. Applicants 
accepted by these organization canvassing parties will be sent to the camp for 
completion of enlistment. Efforts will be made to obtain recruits for all 
branches of the service, and accepted applicants for services not represented at 
the camp will be forwarded to the nearest recruit depot in accordance with 
existing instructions." 

G. R. S. Circular Lettes No. 40, June 18, 1919. 
Subject : Obtaining waivers of defects for applicants for enlistment, and fur- 
nishing evidence of age of minors. 
1. It appears from complaints made by commanders of recruit depots and re- 
cruit depot posts, and reports of boards submitted under paragraph 867, Army 
Regulations, that officers at general recruiting stations are not exercising the 
proper care in obtaining waivers of physical deficiencies and defects, or in ob- 
taining and forwarding with applicants evidence as to the true age of minors 
between the ages of 18 and 21 years. Officers in charge of general recruiting 
districts will exercise care to see that all cases of applicants not meeting the 
requirements of Special Regulations No. 65, as revised November 8, 1918, 
particularly with reference to paragraph 59 of' those regulations, are submitted 



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to this office, tiud waiver obtained, uerore final acceptance and forwarding to 
place of enlistment, and will in each case where waiver or special authority is 
granted be careful to see that the evidence of waiver or special authority 
accompanies the appUcant, as required by paragraphs 41 and 42 of Instruc- 
tions for Officers in Charge of Recruiting Districts. Care will also be taken 
to see that the evidence of true age in the cases of applicants between the 
ages 18 and 21, as required by Circular No. 227, War Department, 1919, is for- 
warded to the place of enlistment, as required by paragraphs 41 and 42, of 
Instructions for Officers in Charge of Recruiting Districts. 

2. In order that the Government may not be put to unnecessary loss in the 
cases of applicants who, upon arrival at place of enlistment, do not fully meet 
the physical requirements, or in whose cases evidence as to waiver, special 
authority, or true age of minors, does not a9company the applicant, it is 
directed tliat before rejection such cases be submitted to this office, by tele- 
graph if advisable, for final action, unless applicants are manifestly unfit for 
the military service. 

G. R. S. CiKCULAB Letter No. 45, June 24, 1919. 

Subject : Discharge and reenlistment of soldiers furloughed to the Reserve. 

1. A soldier who has been furloughed to the Reserve was so furloughed on 
account of dependency or distress in accordance with War Department Circu- 
lars No. 16 or 35, Current Series. 

2. The following data is on record in this office : 

a. Camp or station from which furloughed. 

b. Department headquarters at which records are kept. 

c. Soldier's home address. 

3. The department commander, therefore, is the proper authority to direct 
the discharge of such soldier, after action by this office on the soldier's appli- 
cation and the approval of the Secretary of War. (See Circular No. 239. Cur- 
rent Series.) 

4. The following procedure will be observed : 

Soldier's application will be forwarded to this office with necessary evidence 
and proof as to present status of dependency, especially the evidence to show 
that the dependency or distress on account of which he was furloughed to the 
Reserve, does not longer exist. 

If action is favorable, the proper department commander will be directed to 
discharge the soldier, and forward the soldier's discharge certificate to the 
proper recruiting or enlisting officer for delivery to the soldier. 

Such enlistments will be in the grade of private. 

5. In view of the necessary procedure as outlined above, cases of this nature 
should be submitted by mail, with the required evidence, and not by telegraph, 
nor should telegraphic action from this office be expected. 

G. R. S. Circular TjEttebs, 1919 Series, No. 52, Jux.y 3, 1919. 

Subject : Amendment to G. R. S. Circular lietter No. 12, dated March 29, 1919. 

1. Attention is invited to the following instructions of the Secretary of War. 

2. G. R. S. Circular Letter No. 12, current series, is hereby amended as in- 
dicated below : 

Add 271st Aero Squadron and 28th Balloon Company, Aberdeen, Md. 
Change Fort Crook, Nebr., to Fort Omaha, Nebr. 

(Balloon school. No recruits for the heavier-than-air service will be for- 
warded to this school.) 
(See Cirs. 411 and 293.) 



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G. R. S. CiBCULAB Letters, 1919 Series, No. 53, July 3, 1919. 

Subject : Recruiting publicity for Tanli Corp.^. 

1. There is quoted below, for your information and guidance in connection 
with recruiting for the Tank Corps, letter dated June 21, 1919, regarding the 
enlistment and training of radio operators for that corps : 

The Tank Corps requires a niunber of meu who are capable of being trained 
as radio operators, and it is requested that special efforts be made to enlist men 
possessing the necessary aptitude for this work. 

It is understood that along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and on the Gulf 
there are a great many amateur wireless opex'ators. These men have little 
opportunity for instruction in wireless, and their progress in mastering radio 
telegraphy is limited and their progress slow. 

A wireless school is established at the tank training center at Camp Meade, 
Md,, with complete radio equipment and well-qualified instructors. Young men 
who are amateurs in this line, or who desire to take up this training and per- 
fect themselves in wireless telesi'aphy, have excellent opportiinity to do so 
through an enlistment in the Tank Corps. 

After gradunting from the wireless school and having completed their enlist- 
ment, such men would be able to command in commercial life well-paying posi- 
tions and desirable assignments as radio operators. 

It is requested that appropriate publicity be given this matter through the 
general recruiting service with the suggestion that this Information be fur- 
nished the newspapers in their districts for publication as a news item, and 
as a matter of public interest. 

2. The Secretary of War has approved the suggested plan of securing recruits 
for the Tank Corps under the condition that no promise or inducement be held 
forth which can not be fulfilled by the Tank Corps. With this in view, recruit- 
ing officers will be careful to see that no promise or inducement is made in 
connection with this recruiting i)ublicity which is not fully warranted by in- 
formation given official publications. 

(See Cirs. 234, 141, 26S, and 228.) 

G. R. S. Circular IjETtebs, 1919 Series, No. 54, July 8, 1919. 

Subject : Enlisted personnel for Coast Artillery Corps. 

1. Attention is invited to the following instructions of the Secretary of War. 

2. Men having qualifications as indicated below are particularly desired for 
duty in the mine-planter service of the Coast Artillery Corps : 

Marine oilers. 

Marine firemen. 

Sailors or ship quartermasters. 

Steward. 

Cooks. 

Privates experienced in mine work on water. 

3. Men enlisted for the Coast Artillery Corps with such vocational qualifica- 
tions will be reported for assignment, etc., in the same manner as other recruits. 

G. R. S. Circular Letters, 1919 Series, No. 70, September 11, 1919. 

Subject: Enlistments for the Signal Corps. 

1. A special effort will be made to secure men for enlistment for the Signal 
Corps. 

This effort will be concentrated upon securing men possessed of a common- 
school education or better, who are interested in, or who give promise of being 
able to acquire, one of the trades listed below: 
Radio operators, expert. 
Morse telegraph operators, able to use typewriting machines. 



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Radio operators. 

Telephone and telegraph linemen. 

Telegraph operators. 

Telephone repairers. 

Electricians. 

Switchboard operators. 

Cable splicers. 

2. It is desired to emphasize the need for these men, and to stress tlie neces- 
sity for all concerned to use all endeavor toward securing them. 

3. In reporting men for assignment, a notation will be made of the class of 
work for wliich they express preferment for trail inj^. (See Cirs. 363 and 422; 
G. R. S. Cir. Letters 7, 9, and 70.) 



G. R. S. CiKcuLAK Letters, 1919 Series, No. 71, September 15, 1919. 

Subject: Ordnance enlisted personnel. 

1. In order to expedite the assignment of recruits enlisted for the Ordnance 
Department, accepted applicants will be sent to the nearest station listed below 
for enlistment and assignment to an organization of the Ordnance Department, 
except that should there be a recruit depot or depot post en route to the station, 
applicants will be sent to the recruit depot or depot post for enlistment, and 
upon completion of enlistment will be sent with the least practicable delay to 
the nearest station as indicated. 



Raritan Arsenal, Metuchen, N. J. 
Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, 111. 
Benicia Arsenal, Benicia, Calif. 



Augusta Arsenal, Augusta, Ga. 

San Antonio Arsenal, San Antonio, Tex. 



2. Men enlisted for duty at arsenals as specified under this authority will 
not be reported to The Adjutant General for assignment. In this connection 
you are informed that 2,S00 enlisted men are needed for the Ordnance Depart- 
ment, they being desired for work of the kinds indicated below : 



Mechanics (general). 
Machinists. 
Auto mechanics. 
Truck drivers. 
Tractor mechanics. 
Tractor drivers. 
Blacksmiths. 
Acetylene welders. 
Stock keepers. 
Electricians. 
Small-arms armorers. 



Machine-gun armorers. 

Artillei'y mechanics. 

Optical instrument repair men. 

Saddlers. 

Woodworkers. 

Ammunition men. 

Warehousemen. 

Clerks. 

Stenographers. 

Laborers. 

Guards. 



G. R. S. CiECULAE Letters, 1919 Series, No. 72, September 18, 1919. 

Subject: Psychological test for examination of illiterates and non-English- 
speaking citizens and aliens. 

1. Materials and directions for conducting the psychological examination of 
illiterates and non-English-speaking citizens and aliens are being mailed from 
the ofiice of the Surgeon General to such officers of the general recruiting serv- 
ice who are authorized to accept men of the above class. Reference to this 
examination as "a simple psychological test" has been made in Circular No. 
SS2, War Department, August 1, 1919. 

2. The recruit psychological examination is to be given by the recruiting offi- 
cer to every illiterate and non-English-speaking applicant for enlistment. If 



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a man can not make a score of at least 20 points in this examination, he should 
not be sent to the recruit depot. Preliminary data clearly indicate that men 
scoring less than 20 points under the conditions prescribed in the directions 
lack sufficient intelligence to carry on in the Army. 

3. Careful reading and following of the directions should enable almost any- 
one, after a little practice, to give the examination easily and accurately. 
However, to be sure that all doubtful points are made clear, an officer will call 
at each district office in the near future. 

4. Requests for additional sets of psychological materials should be made 
to the Surgeon General of the Army, attention section of psychology. Re- 
placement of worn or soiled materials may be obtained in the same way. This 
material is expendable and need not be taken up on property accounts. 

5. The score of each applicant taking this psychological examination is to 
be recorded in the upper left-hand corner of the first page of the enlistment 
record. The statement " R. P. E. score " will be used. 

(See Cir. 382.) 

G. R. S. Circular Letters, 1919 Series, No. 73, September 19, 1919. 

Subject : Revoking authority for enlistment for Searchlight Organization, 56th 

Engineers, 

The authority for enlistment for the Searchlight Organization, 56th Engi- 
neers, contained in G. R'. S. Circular Letter No. 46, 1919, and War Department 
Circular No. 327 is revoked, that organization having been demobilized. 

(See Cirs. 327 and 430.) 



Enlistments or reenlistments for. 



INDEX. 



A. 

Act of Congress governing enlistments and reenlistments Bui. 9 

Age: 

Limits for enlistment \ ' ' 

fBul. 33 
Minors, care in obtaining evidence of age jCir. 433 

i G. R. S. Cir. Let. 40 

Registration cards as evidence of age G. R. S. Cir. Let. 7 

Air Service: 

Airplanes, transportation of recruits in G. R. S. Cir. Let. 11 

Amendment to G. R. S. Circular Letter No. 12__ G. R. S. Cir. Let. 52 
Balloon and Air Service, distinction between designation — Cir. 293 

Balloon, designation of recruits for Cir. 293 

Discontinuance of enlistments for Air Service, Philippine 

Islands Cir. 379 

I Cir. 141 
Cir. 268 
Cir. 293 
Cir. 228 

Enlistments for Air Service discontinued Cir. 411 

Recruits to be enlisted for Infantry and transferred to Air 

Service Cir. 383 

Recruits not to be sent to Fort Omaha Cir. 334 

Stations to which recruits will be sent G. R. S. Cir. Let. 12 

Alaska : 

Enlistments for service in Cir. 311 

Extension of provisions of Circular No. 77 to Cir. 30 

Aliens : 

(Cir. 26G 
Enlistment of Iqjj. 352 

Psychological test for examination of G. R. S. Cir. Let. 72 

American Expeditionary Forces: 

Discontinuance of enlistments for Cir. 324 

Discontinuance of enlistments for Cavalry Cir. 260 

Discontinuance of enlistments for Signal Corps Cir. 443 

Disposition of men enlisted for Cir. 386 

Enlistment and assignment of men for service with Cir. 224 

Locator cards Cir. 314 

Resumption of enlistments for Cir. 415 

Applicants : 

Motor Transport Corps, enlistment of G. R. S, Cir. Let. 22 

Physical examination of Cir. 118 

(95) 



96 

Assignment : 

Amendment to Circular No. 101 ICir. 154 

(Cir.381 

Army serial numbers G. O. 42 

Of former members of air organization to same organization^ Cir. 390 
Of Ordnance enlisted personnel G. R. S. Cir. Let, 71 

Men enlisted for certain special services ICir. j41 

(Cir. 383 

Men secured by recruiting parties from the camp Cir. 165 

Men for the American Expeditionary Forces Cir. 224 

Men enlisted at camps, posts, and stations Cir. 101 

Men enlisted for Tank Corps Cir. 234 

Minors, information to be given relative to I Bui. 33 

ICir. 433 
Reports, supplementary, in case of no order for assignment-- Cir. 199 
Report in case of men enlisted in Canal Zone, Hawaii, and 
Philippines Cir. 220 

B. 
Bands : 

Change of station of sixth and tenth bands, Coast Artillery 

Corps Cir. 262 

rCii*. 250 

Enlistment for and station of ]cir. 418 

[ci?. 427 

Enlistment for Thirty-first Infantry band, Siberia Cir. 403 

Enlistment for Tank Corps band. Camp Meade Cir. 281 

Enlistment for Fourth and Fifteenth Coast Artillery Corps 

discontinued Cir. 385 

Men enlisted for, to be forwarded to, their organization 

(amends Cir. No. 250) Cir. 341 

Musical instructions in Cir. 406 

West Point Band, added to list published in Circular No. 250- Cir. 369 

Base pay, interpretation of term Cir. 146 

Beneficiary, designation of, no longer required Bui. 16 

Bonus and continuous-service pay, opinion of the Judge Advocate 

General Cir. 120 

Bonus, in case of men reenlisted under Circular No. 201 Cir. 391 

Border, Mexican, enlistments for organizations on Cir. 316 

Brassards, recruiting service Cir. 246 

Bugler, first class, and corporal bugler, pay of Bui. 12 

Buttons, Victory : 

Issue of Cir. 187 

Amendment to Circular No. 187 Cir. 206 

Candidates at officers' training camps not entitled to Cir. 428 

Empowers Army officers on duty at educational institutions . 

to execute certificate Cir. 223 

Silver, evidence of wounds necessary Cir. 364 

C. 

Camp Meade: 

Transportation requests of recruits sent to Cir. 221 

Tank Corps recruits to be sent to Cir. 234 

Camps : 

Additional instructions governing enlistment Cir. 154 



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Camps — Continued, 

Cooperation between General Recruiting Service and camp 

recruiting officers G. R. S. Cir. Let. 36 

Recruitment at ^ Cir. 101 

Recruiting parties to be sent out Cir. 165 

Report, supplementary, of recruits not assigned Cir. 199 

Report of recruits unassigned to department commanders in 
case of Canal Zone, Hawaii, and Philippines Cir. 220 

Canal Zone : 

Assignment of recruits enlisted in Cir. 220 

Enlistment for service in Cir. 405 

Extension of provisions of Circular No. 77 to Cir. 30 

{Cir 219 
Cir. 397 

Canvassing for recruits, soldiers on furlough authorized to Cir. 409 

Card locator, for recruits ordered to oversea replacement depot- Cir. 314 
Cavalry : 

Discontinuance of enlistment in colored Cavalry for Philip- 
pines Cir. 271 

Discontinuance of enlistment of colored Cavalry Cir. 355 

Discontinuance of enlistment of, for American Expeditionary 

Forces Cir. 260 

Enlistment for service in, outside of United States Cir. 405 

Enlistment of, for bands and station of Cir. 250 

Recruits, specifications for Cir. 236 

City or town clerk, registration of discharged soldiers at Cir. 174 

Civil Service Commission, representatives of, at camps where 

men are to be discharged Cir. 4 

Civil service, open to soldiers upon discharge Cir. 4 

Civil-service positions, information relative to Cir. 4 

Coast Artillery : 

Hawaii, discontinuance of enlistment for Cir. 297 

Enlistments for bands and stations of Cir. 250 

Change of station, sixth and tenth bands Cir. 262 

Men desired for mine-planter service G. R. S. Cir. Let. 54 

Colored men, discontinuance of enlistment I Cir. 392 

ICir. 436 

Collar ornaments for unassigned recruits ordered overseas Cir. 329 

Comptroller of the Treasury decision, pay of corporal bugler Bui. 12 

Construction Division: 

Enlistment or reenlistment for Cir. 141 

Notation on enlistment paper Cir. 268 

. Continuance of warrants of noncommissioned officers upon 

reenlistment Cir. 228 

[Cir. 228 

Continuance of warrants icir. 141 

I Cir. 197 
Continuous-service pay and bonus, opinion of the Judge Advocate 

General Cir. 120 

Cooperation between officers in charge of recruiting districts and 

camp recruiting officers G. R. S. Cir. Let. 36 

Corporal bugler and bugler first class, pay of Bui. 12 

148705—19 7 



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D. 

Debt of Government, retention of soldiers in service to satisfy — Cir. Ill 

Delay in discharge of enlisted men for urgent reasons Cir. 6 

Disapproved applications to be forwarded to next Mgher com- 
mander for final action Cir. 254 

Demobilization camps, representatives of Civil Sei-vice Commis- 
sion at Cir. 4 

Dental Corps : 

Enlistment or reenlistments for Cir. 141 

Notation on enlistment paper Cir, 268 

Continuance of warrants of noncommissioned officers upon 

reenlistment Cir. 228 

Department commanders to exercise jurisdiction over assignment 

of Army serial numbers G. O. 42 

Dependents : 

Discharge of soldiers for relief of Cir. 77 

Detailed instructions for furlough to the reserve Cir. 72 

Disapproved application to be forwarded to next higher com- 
mander for final action Cir. 254 

Expeditious action required Cir. 6 

Enlisted men of the Regular Army Cir. 16 

Extension of provisions of Circular No. 77 to Alaska, Can- 
al Zone, and insular possessions Cir. 30 

Effect on retention of men desired for Remount Division Cir. 54 

Effect on retention of men desired for finance work Cir. 59 

Effect on retention of men to satisfy debt of Government Cir. Ill 

Effect on, when physically ineligible for discharge Cir. 247 

Effect on reenlistment of men discharged imder Circular 

No. 16 Cir. 239 

Designation of beneficiary, requirement rescinded Bui. 16 

Discharge certificate, entry of soldier's prior organization on___ Cir. 11 
Discharge : 

Discharge or furlough to the reserve of enlisted men of Regu- 
lar Army who enlisted prior to Apr. 1, 1917 Cir. 35 

Detailed instructions governing furlough to the reserve Cir. 72 

Disapproval under Circular No. 77 to be forwarded to next 

higher commander Cir. 254 

Expeditious action required in cases under Circular No. 77__ Cir. 6 
Extension of privileges of Circular No. 77 to Alaska, Canal 

Zone, and insular possessions Cir. 30 

Extension of privileges of Circular No. 16 to Alaska, Canal 

Zone, and insular possessions Cir. 55 

Enlisted men arriving from overseas Cir. 66 

Enlisted men of the Regular Army, places to which sent for 

furlough to reserve Cir, 261 

From Reserve Corps for purpose of enlisting in Regular 

Army Cir. 399 

Furlough to the reserve of enlisted men of the Regular Army 

on account of dependents Cir. 16 

Notice of discharge sent to Bureau of War Risk InsurancefCir. 66 
of enlisted men arriving from overseas. ICir. 226 
Notice of discharge forwarded to Bureau of War Risk In- 
surance to contain full information required Cir. 161 



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Discharge — Continued. 

Opinion of the Judge Advocate General on retention of sol-fCir. 57 
diers in service to satisfy debt of Government when they] 
have applied for discharge under Circular No. 67. [cir. Ill 

Discontinuance of enlistments : 

Air Service Cir. 411 

Air Service, Philippine Islands Cir. 379 

Amei-ican Expeditionary Forces J^^^- ^^4 

(Cir. 443 

Band, Fourtli and Fifteenth Coast Artillery Corps Cir. 385 

Cavalry in Hawaii Cir. 310 

Colored Cavalry Cir. 355 

Colored Cavalry in the Philippines |^!^" J^^ 

[Cir. 365 
Colored men (except with previous service) jcir. 392 

[cir. 436 

Coast Artillery Corps in Hawaii Cir. 297 

Engineer Corps, Hawaii Cir. 412 

Engineer Corps, Fifty-sixth Engineers P^^' ^^^ 

~ [G. R. S. Cir. Let. 73 

Infantry, Philippine Islands Cir. 348 

Medical Corps, Hawaii Cir. 339 

Motor Transport Corps, Philippine Islands Cir. 370 

Ordnance Department, Siberia Cir. 411 

Quartermaster Corps, Siberia Cir, 370 

Signal Corps, Hawaii and Siberia Cir. 411 

Signal Corps, Philippine Islands Cir. 443 

E. 

Education and recreation of the soldier G.O.109 

Education centers, for illiterate recruits Cir. 382 

Educational and vocational training _ |Bul. 33 

[Cir. 440 

Educational institutions, detail of noncommissioned officers and 

other enlisted men at Bui. 30 

Education, military, in the Army ^ G.0.112 

Engineers : 

Discontinuance of enlistment for service in Hawaii Cir. 412 

Discontinuance of enlistment of Fifty-sixth Engi- fCir. 430 

neers |g. r, g. cir. Let. 73 

Enlistment of, for bands and station of Cir. 250 

Searchlight, recruits for Cir. 327 

Enlisted men, detail of, at educational institutions Bui. 30 

Enlistments and reenlistments : 

Act of Congress Bui. 9 

Applicants, physical examination of Cir. 435 

At posts Cir. 101 

Band at West Point Cir. 369 

Bands Cir. 341 

By organizations of the Regular Army Cir. 165 

Colored applicants Cir. 365 



100 

Enlistments and reenlistments — Continued. 

Continuance of warrants upon Cir. 228 

Discontinuance of. (See Discontinuance.) 

ICir IIS 
Examination, physical, of applicants ' 

[Cir. 435 

Evidence of age, registration cards as G. R. S. Cir. Let. 7 

Errors in preparation of enlistment papers Cir. 204 

Forms of enlistment papers \ ' ' 

ICir. 340 

For men for certain special services Cir. 141 

(Cir 224 

For the American Expeditionary Forces i 

[Cir, 415 

For service in Alaska Cir. 311 

For Air Service G. R. S. Cir. Let. 12 

For Motor Transport Corps G. R. S. Cir. Let. 22 

For organizations on Mexican border Cir. 316 

fG. R. S. Cir. Let. 7 and 70 
For Signal Corps j^^^ ^22 

For Meteorological Section, Signal Corps G.R. S. Cir. Let. 9 

For service in Siberia \^^^' ^^"^ 

[Cir. 414 

For service outside United States Cir. 405 

For special service Cir. 383 

Illiterates and aliens Cir. 382 

iCir 113 

Instructions governing \^, " ^^^ 

[Cir. 154 

Men under 18 years of age, information to be given to (Bui. 33 

applicants [Cir. 433 

Of aliens Cir. 266 

Of minors Cir. 227 

Of minors, fraudulent enlistment of Cir. 426 

Cir. 250 

Cir. 281 

Cir. 418 

Cir. 427 

Of noncommissioned officers for oversea service Cir. 319 

Of discharged temporary officers I''" ^ 

(Cir. 259 

Cir. 166 

Cir. 145 

Cir. 197 

Cir, 344 

Cir. 390 

Cir. 413 

G. O. 97 

Period of one year authorized in Quartermaster Corps and 

Medical Corps Cir. 336 

— ' -\^l:l^ 

Transfer of enlisted men to branch of service for MrhichjCir. 343 

enlisted [Cir. 396 

Locator cards for recruits ordered to oversea replacement 

depots Cir. 314 

Entry of soldier's prior organization on discharge certificate Cir. 11 



Of musicians. 



Of men enlisted in Regular Array prior to Apr. 1, 1917. 



101 

F. 

Finance, retention in service of men trained in Cir. 59 

IBul. 16 
Fitting of shoes j^jj, ^yg 

Form: 

Of enlistment paper and physical examination G. O. 57 

For war-risk insurance Cir. 356 

Of service record Cir. 389 

Foot-measuring outfit, Resco, allowance 1 ." ' 

Fraudulent enlistment, effect on war-risk insurance Cir. 147 

Of minors Cir. 426 

Furlough : 

Upon reenlistment -IS^' i!? 

[Cir. 240 

Soldiers on, authorized to canvas for recruits Cir. 409 

Furlough to the reserve : 

Action on application for Cir. 254 

Enlisted men of Regular Army enlisted prior to Apr. 1, 1917__ Cir. 85 

Cir. 16 
Enlisted men of Regular Army on account of dependents Cir. 55 

Cir. 72 

Former members of reserve called to active duty Cir. 145 

Misinformation regarding Cir. 255 

Physical eligibility of enlisted men for '. Cir. 247 

rCir. 35 
Prior to Apr. 2, 1917 ]cir. 72 

icir. 255 
Transfer of enlisted men for Cir. 261 

H. 

Haversacks, carried by recruits from recruit depots to organi- 
zations Cir. 177 

Hawaii : 

Discontinuance of enlistments for — 

Cavalry Cir. 810 

Coast Artillery Cir. 297 

Medical Corps Cir. 339 

Engineers Cir. 412 

{Cir 219 
Cir. 397 

I. 

Illiterates, psychological test for examination G. R. S. Cir. Let. 72 

Immunization of recruits Cir. 285 

Infantry : 

Enlistments for service in Philippine Islands, discontinued Cir. 348 

Enlistments for service in, outside of United States Cir. 405 

Insurance, war-risk: 

Application for permanent Cir. 434 

Effect of fraudulent enlistment upon Cir. 147 

Interpretation of term " base pay " Cir. 146 

New form to be prepared on reenlistment Cir. 356 

Notice of discharge incomplete in many cases Cir. 57 



102 

Insurance, war-risk — Continued. 

Notice of discliarge incomplete on account of reason of dis- 
charge not given Cir. 161 

Preparation of application for conversion of Cir. 442 

Reinstatement after separation from service Cir, 373 

120-day period upon reenlistment J ^^'' ^ 

ICir. 160 

Insular possessions, extension of provisions of Circular No. 77 to. J Cir. 30 

ICir. 219 
Issue of Victory buttons. (See Buttons.) 

L. 

Locator cards for recruits ordered to oversea replacement depots. Cir. 314 



Medical Department : 

Enlistments for one year authorized Cir. 336 

Enlistments for service in Hawaii discontinued Cir. 339 

Meteorological Section of the Signal Corps, recruits for... G. R. S. Let. 9 

Mexican border, enlistments for organizations on Cir. 316 

Military education in the Army G. 0. 112 

Minors : 

Care in obtaining evidence of age G. R. S. Cir. Let. 40 

Enlistment of Cir. 227 

Fraudulent enlistment of Cir. 426 

Motor Transport Corps: 

Continuance of warrants Cir. 22S 

Discontinuance of enlistments for Philippine Islands Cir. 370 

(Cir 141 

Enlistment or reenlistment for \^. ' „„„ 

[Cir. 383 

Notation of enlistment paper Cir. 268 

Musical instruction in Army bands Cir. 406 

Musicians {see Bands) : 

rCir. 250 

Enlistment of, and station of bands j Cir. 418 

[Cir. 427 
Change of station, 6th and 10th bands, Coast Artillery 

Corps Cir. 262 

Enlistments for Tank Corps band. Camp Meade Cir. 281 

Training in Army bands : Cir. 406 

N. 
Noncommissioned officers : 

Arriving from overseas Cir. 66 

Continuance of warrants Cir. 228 

Detail of, for duty at educational institutions Bui. 30 

For oversea service Cir. 319 

Order of prevalence ^^^- ^ 

(G. O. 97 
Cir. 197 
Cir. 130 
Cir. 259 
Cir. 344 
Cir. 401 



Restoration of former grade. 



103 

Noncommissioned officers — Continued. 

Special assignment of former members of Regular Army i * 

(Cir. 413 

Staff Corps, reenlistment in ^~ Cir. 302 

Numbers, Army serial, assignment of G. O. 42 

O. 

( Cir ISO 

Officers, temporary, enlistment when discharged \ ' 

[ Cir. 259 
Ordnance Department : 

Assignment of recruits ^^ G. R. S. Cir. Let. 71 

Oversea replacement depots, locator cards for recruits ordered 

to Cir. 314 

Oversea service, enlistment of noncommissioned officers for Cir. 319 

Overseas, discharge of enlisted men returning Cir. 66 

P. 
Papers, enlistment : 

Errors in preparation of Cir. 204 

New forms Cir. 190 

Party recruiting, made up of officers and men of returning 

divisions G. R. S. Cir. Let. 36 

Pay: 

Base pay, interpretation of term Cir. 146 

Continuous service and bonus, opinion of Judge Advocate 

General ^ Cir. 120 

Corporal bugler and bugler (first class) Bui. 12 

Qualification pay on reenlistment Bui. 16 

■ Cir. 113 



Period of enlistments. 



Cir. 154 
Cir. 336 
Cir. 429 
Philippine Islands: 

Discontinuance of enlistments of — 

Colored Cavalry Cir. 271 

Air Service Cir. 379 

Infantry Cir. 348 

Motor Transport Corps Cir. 370 

Service in Cir. 405 

Signal Corps Cir 443 

{Cir 219 

I Cir 247 
Physical eligibility of enlisted men for furlough to the reserve—-^ . 

[Cir. 261 
Physical examination : 

,. . f Cir. 118 

Of applicants 1 q.^. ^gg 

New forms Cir. 190 

Physical examination, form of G. O. 57 

Care in obtaining waiver G. R. S. Cir. Let. 40 

„^ . , . I G. R. S. Cir. Let. 16 

Physical waiver 1^_ ^_ g_ ^.^_ ^^^^ ^^ 



104 

Posts, recruitment at ■l^^''- ■^^■'- 

ICir. 165 

Precedence of noncommissioned officers who reenlist within three (Bui. 4 

months [Cir. 130 

Prior organization, entry on discharge certificate Cir. 11 

Psychological test for examination illiterates and non-English- 
speaking citizens and aliens G. R. S. Cir. Let. 72 

Q. 

Qualification pay, on reenlistment Bui. 16 

Quartermaster Corps : 

Enlistments for one year authorized Cir. 336 

Discontinuance of enlistments for service in Siberia Cir. 370 

R. 

Radio operators, desired for Tank Corps G. R. S. Cir. Let. 53 

Records service : 

Transmission of Cir. 195 

New form Cir. 389 

Recreation (and education) of the soldier G.O.109 

Recruiting parties made up of officers and men of returning 

divisions G. R. S. Cir. Let. 36 

Recruitment. (See Enlistments.) 

Recruits to carry old-model haversacks from recruit depots 

to organizations Cir. 177 

Reenlistment. (See Enlistments.) 

Registration cards as evidence of age G. R. S. Cir. Let. 7 

Registration of discharged soldiers at office of city or town clerk_ Cir. 174 
Relief of family, discharge of enlisted men for. (See De- 
pendents. ) 
Reports : 

Of men discharged—^ Cir. 77 

r Cir. 101 

Of enlistment ] Cir. 113 

i Cir. 166 

Supplementary, assignment of recruits Cir. 199 

Resco foot-measuring outfits, allowance Bui. 16 

Reserve Corps : 

Discharge from, to reenlist Cir. 399 

Members of, enlisted prior to Apr. 1, 1917 

Cir. 145 

t:, , I, 4. fCir. 72 

Furlough to y^^^^ 

Cir ''47 
Phvsical eligibility for furlough to ^ ' ~ 

Cir. 261 

Restriction on enlistments Cir. 113 

Retention of — 

fCir. 23 

Enlisted men desiring to remain in service temporarily jcir. 34 

ICir. 66 

Soldiers to satisfy debt of Government Cir. Ill 

Enlisted men trained in finance Cir. 59 

Enlisted men for Remount Division Cir. 54 

{Cir 247 
Cir. 66 



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Schools, for military education in the Army •- — G. 0. 112 

Searchlight organization, Fifty-sixth Engineers, recruits for Cir. 327 

Service records, transmission of Cir. 195 

New form Cir. 389 

Shoe fitting at recruit depots Bui. 16 

Siberia, enlistments for i ^^^- ^f? 

1 Cir. 414 
Signal Corps: 

Enlistments for p- ^- S- dr. Let. 7 and 70 

ICir. 422 

Enlistments for service in Siberia Cir. 368 

Discontinuance of enlistments for Cir. 443 

Meteorological Section, recruits for G. R. S. Cir. Let. 9 

Staff Corps and departments, enlistment period to be entered on 
record card of enlisted men of Cir. 429 

T. 

Tank Corps: 

Assignment of men enlisted for Cir. 234 

iCir. 141 
Cir. 383 
Cir. 228 

Enlistment for Tank Corps band, Camp Meade Cir. 281 

Recruiting publicity for radio operators G. R. S. Cir. Let. 53 

Temporally officers, enlistment vrhen discharged J ^\^' ^ 

I Cir. 2o9 

Temporary retention in service of enlisted men J^'^*' ^^ 

ICir. 34 
Of those physically ineligible for discharge Cir. 66 

Town clerk, registration of discharged soldiers at Cir. 174 

Transportation : 

Of recruits in airplanes G. R. S. Cir. Let. 11 

Recruits sent to Camp Meade, transportation request Cir. 221 

Trips of officers in charge of recruiting districts to nearest de- 
mobilization camps G. R. S. Cir. Let. 36 

Typhoid, immunization of recruits Cir. 285 

V. 

rCir. 141 
Veterinary Corps, enlistment or reenlistment for | Cir. 268 

[Cir. 228 
Victory buttons (see Buttons, Victory) : 

Amendment to Circular No. 187 \^^' ^^3. 

[ Cir. 206 

Empowers Army officers on duty at educational institutions 

to execute certificate Cir. 223 

Silver, evidence of wound necessary Cir. 364 

Vocational and educational training J . \'l! 

I Cir. 440 



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(Cir 228 

Warrants, continuance of \ ',.' ,^ 

\ Cir. 141 

War Risk Insurance. (See Insurance.) 

Weekly report. (See Report.) 

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